Editing Palestine

'''Palestine''' is a region in western [[Asia]]. Politically split between [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]] since 1948, it borders [[Lebanon]] to the north, [[Syria]] to the northeast, [[Iraq]] to the east, [[Egypt]] to the southwest and the [[Mediterranean Sea]] to the west.

Over the years it has been inhabited and variously ruled by Philistines, Canaanites, Egyptians, [[Judaism|Jews]], Greeks, [[Roman Empire|Romans]], Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, Crusaders, [[British]] etc.

The term was first used by the Romans in the mid 2nd century (as Palestina, derived from the long-gone people, the Philistines), replacing the previous terms of Judaea, Samaria and Transjordania. It was part of an attempt to "de-Judaise" the area following the second Jewish War. Later, the [[League of Nations]] established the Mandate of Palestine covering the whole of what is now Israel and Jordan.

==See also==
*[[Great Britain]]

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