The History of Palestine Land
Palestine’s Early Roots Scholars believe the name “Palestine” originally comes from the word “Philistia,” which refers to the Philistines who occupied part of the region in the 12th century B.C. Throughout history, Palestine has been ruled by numerous groups, including the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks , Romans , Arabs, Fatimids, Seljuk Turks, Crusaders , Egyptians and Mamelukes. From about 1517 to 1917, the Ottoman Empire ruled much of the region. When World War I ended in 1918, the British took control of Palestine. The League of Nations issued a British mandate for Palestine—a document that gave Britain administrative control over the region, and included provisions for establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine—which went into effect in 1923. The Partition of Palestine In 1947, after more than two decades of British rule, the United Nations proposed a plan to partition Palesti...

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