historic Palestine
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Historic Palestine refers to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that has been the historical homeland of the Palestinian people and the focus of their national aspirations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| historic Palestine canonical | 8 |
| ancient Palestine | 7 |
| فلسطين التاريخية | 2 |
| historical Palestine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1454918 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: historic Palestine Context triple: [Palestinian national movement, hasPrimaryTerritorialFocus, historic Palestine]
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A.
Ancient Israel
Ancient Israel was an Iron Age Levantine kingdom and cultural-religious community whose monotheistic traditions and scriptures became foundational to Judaism, Christianity, and Western civilization.
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B.
Ottoman Palestine
Ottoman Palestine was a province of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that encompassed much of the historic Land of Israel/Palestine prior to British rule.
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C.
Primeval history
Primeval history is the term for the opening chapters of Genesis that narrate the creation of the world, early humanity, and events such as the Fall and the Flood.
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D.
Ancient Mediterranean world
The Ancient Mediterranean world refers to the interconnected civilizations and cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity, including regions such as Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Near East.
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E.
Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine
The Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine was the pre-state Jewish community that developed political, military, and social institutions which formed the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: historic Palestine Target entity description: Historic Palestine refers to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that has been the historical homeland of the Palestinian people and the focus of their national aspirations.
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A.
Ancient Israel
Ancient Israel was an Iron Age Levantine kingdom and cultural-religious community whose monotheistic traditions and scriptures became foundational to Judaism, Christianity, and Western civilization.
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B.
Ottoman Palestine
Ottoman Palestine was a province of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that encompassed much of the historic Land of Israel/Palestine prior to British rule.
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C.
Primeval history
Primeval history is the term for the opening chapters of Genesis that narrate the creation of the world, early humanity, and events such as the Fall and the Flood.
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D.
Ancient Mediterranean world
The Ancient Mediterranean world refers to the interconnected civilizations and cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity, including regions such as Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Near East.
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E.
Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine
The Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine was the pre-state Jewish community that developed political, military, and social institutions which formed the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWithNationalAspirationsOf |
Palestinian
ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian people
|
| associatedWithPeople |
Palestinian
ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian people
|
| borderedBy |
Jordan River
ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ Syria ⓘ |
| containsHolyCity | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| containsHolySite |
Al-Aqsa Mosque
ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ Western Wall ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Ancient Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Israelite kingdoms (in parts and periods)
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate authorities
Byzantine Empire ⓘ Crusader states ⓘ
surface form:
Crusader states (in parts and periods)
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ various early Islamic caliphates ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem (disputed, historical and religious center)
|
| hasClimate |
Mediterranean climate in coastal and highland areas
ⓘ
arid and semi-arid climate in Jordan Valley and Negev regions ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
Coastal Plain
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ Jordan Valley ⓘ Judea ⓘ Negev desert ⓘ
surface form:
Negev
Samaria ⓘ |
| historicalInhabitants |
Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Christians
Druze ⓘ Jews ⓘ Palestinian ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian Arabs
Philistines ⓘ
surface form:
Philistines (in coastal areas)
Samaritans ⓘ various Canaanite peoples ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Western Asia
|
| majorCity |
Acre
ⓘ
Bethlehem ⓘ Gaza City ⓘ Haifa ⓘ Hebron ⓘ Jaffa ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Nablus ⓘ Ramla ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible (as Canaan, Israel, Judah and related names)
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian records (as Canaan and related terms) ⓘ classical Greek and Roman sources (as Palaestina and variants) ⓘ |
| modernPoliticalStatus | territory divided among Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jordan ⓘ |
| nameUsedIn |
British Mandate for Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
|
| overlaps |
Gaza Strip
ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ West Bank ⓘ Israel ⓘ
surface form:
modern State of Israel
parts of southern Lebanon ⓘ |
| religiousSignificanceFor |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
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Subject: historic Palestine Description of subject: Historic Palestine refers to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that has been the historical homeland of the Palestinian people and the focus of their national aspirations.
Referenced by (18)
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