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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman Palestine overlaps historic Palestine
Palestinian territories partOf historic Palestine
Israelites region historic Palestine
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
Cana locatedIn historic Palestine
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
Magdala locatedInRegion historic Palestine
this entity surface form: historical Palestine
Beit Hanoun hasHistoricalRegion historic Palestine
Armenian Quarter locatedIn historic Palestine
Idoumaia partOf historic Palestine
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
Gaulanitis historicalRegionOf historic Palestine
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
Κανὰ locatedIn historic Palestine
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
Betharamphtha mentionedInContextOf historic Palestine
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
Peræa locatedIn historic Palestine
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
باب الأسباط يقع في historic Palestine
this entity surface form: فلسطين التاريخية
Kfar Gamla locatedIn historic Palestine
بيت حانون historicalRegion historic Palestine
this entity surface form: فلسطين التاريخية
Ascalon locatedIn historic Palestine
Muristan locatedIn historic Palestine