Palestine

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geographical region historic region

Palestine is a historic region in Western Asia at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, significant as a crossroads of civilizations and a central homeland in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form As subject As object
Land of Israel 0 10
Israel 0 1
Palestine (Roman Empire) 0 1
Palestine (pre-1948) 0 1
Palestine (region) 0 1
ancient Palestine 0 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region →
historic region →
associatedLanguage Arabic →
Aramaic →
Greek →
Hebrew →
Latin →
associatedPeople Christianity →
surface form: Christians

Jews →
Muslims →
Palestinian →
surface form: Palestinians

Samaritans →
borderFeature Dead Sea →
Jordan River →
Mediterranean Sea →
continent Asia →
describedAs Holy Land →
hasImportantLake Dead Sea →
Sea of Galilee →
hasImportantRiver Jordan River →
hasMajorCity Acre →
Bethlehem →
Gaza City →
Haifa →
Hebron →
Jaffa →
Jerusalem →
Nablus →
Nazareth →
Ramallah →
hasSacredCity Bethlehem →
Hebron →
Jerusalem →
Nazareth →
hasSubregion Coastal Plain →
Galilee →
Gaza Strip →
Jordan River →
surface form: Jordan Valley

Judea →
Negev desert →
surface form: Negev

Samaria →
West Bank →
historicalControlBy Abbasid Caliphate →
Achaemenid Empire →
Pharaonic Egypt →
surface form: Ancient Egypt

British Empire →
Byzantine Empire →
Crusader states →
Hellenistic kingdoms →
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) →
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah →
Mamluk Sultanate →
Assyria →
surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire →
Ottoman Empire →
Rashidun Caliphate →
Roman Empire →
Umayyad Caliphate →
locatedIn Western Eurasia →
surface form: Western Asia
locatedOn eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea →
mentionedIn Tanakh →
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament →
Quran →
modernPoliticalDivisionIncludes Israel →
surface form: State of Israel

State of Palestine →
partOf Levant region →
surface form: Levant

Middle East →
religiousSignificance Christianity →
Islam →
Judaism →
UNTerm Palestinian territories →
surface form: Occupied Palestinian Territory

Referenced by (74)

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

Poale Zion → activeInRegion → Palestine →
Galut → associatedWith → Palestine →
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Pelagius → associatedWith → Palestine →
subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
subject surface form: Nachmanides
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Mishnah → countryOfOrigin → Palestine →
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Jerome → deathPlace → Palestine →
Nachmanides (Ramban) → deathPlace → Palestine →
subject surface form: Nachmanides
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Religious Zionism → developedIn → Palestine →
Karaite Jews → emergedInRegion → Palestine →
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Onomasticon → focusesOn → Palestine →
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Bethlehem → locatedIn → Palestine →
Hasmonean dynasty → locatedIn → Palestine →
this entity surface form: ancient Palestine
Manger Square → locatedIn → Palestine →
Nablus → locatedIn → Palestine →
subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field
Via Dolorosa → locatedIn → Palestine →
this entity surface form: Israel
Palestinian Jews → mainTerritory → Palestine →
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Jewish National Fund → operatesIn → Palestine →
this entity surface form: Palestine (pre-1948)