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	Occurrences
Land of Israel	10
Israel	1
Palestine (Roman Empire)	1
Palestine (pre-1948)	1
Palestine (region)	1
ancient Palestine	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.

Arabia Standard Time → DSTObservedHistoricallyIn → Palestine ⓘ

Poale Zion → activeInRegion → Palestine ⓘ

Maronite Christianity → associatedCountry → Palestine ⓘ

Galut → associatedWith → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Pelagius → associatedWith → Palestine ⓘ

Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar) → associatedWithPlace → Palestine ⓘ

subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Donations of Alexandria → awardedTerritory → Palestine ⓘ

Nachmanides (Ramban) → burialPlace → Palestine ⓘ

subject surface form: Nachmanides

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Sykes–Picot Agreement → countryAffected → Palestine ⓘ

Desert Mothers → countryOfActivity → Palestine ⓘ

Levantine cuisine → countryOfOrigin → Palestine ⓘ

Mishnah → countryOfOrigin → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life → countryOfOrigin → Palestine ⓘ

Umayyad architecture → countryOfOrigin → Palestine ⓘ

Mamluk rulers of Egypt → countryRuled → Palestine ⓘ

St George's Day → countryWhereObserved → Palestine ⓘ

Jerome → deathPlace → Palestine ⓘ

Nachmanides (Ramban) → deathPlace → Palestine ⓘ

subject surface form: Nachmanides

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Religious Zionism → developedIn → Palestine ⓘ

Asomtavruli → earliestInscriptionsLocation → Palestine ⓘ

Karaite Jews → emergedInRegion → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Onomasticon → focusesOn → Palestine ⓘ

Practical Zionism → geographicFocus → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Rabbinic Judaism → geographicScope → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Antiochian Orthodox Church → hasMajorPresenceIn → Palestine ⓘ

Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip → historicalRegion → Palestine ⓘ

Greater Middle East → includesCountry → Palestine ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → includesCountry → Palestine ⓘ

Bethlehem → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

Church of the Nativity → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

Hasmonean dynasty → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Palestine

Manger Square → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

Nablus → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field

The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

Via Dolorosa → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Israel

Salfit → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Palestine ⓘ

Tulkarm → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Palestine ⓘ

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → location → Palestine ⓘ

French campaign in Syria → location → Palestine ⓘ

Balfour Declaration → locationMentioned → Palestine ⓘ

Palestinian Jews → mainTerritory → Palestine ⓘ

Melkite Greek Catholic → majorPresenceCountry → Palestine ⓘ

Diocletianic Persecution → moreSevereIn → Palestine ⓘ

Arabia Standard Time → observedInCountry → Palestine ⓘ

Modern Standard Arabic → officialStatusIn → Palestine ⓘ

Jewish Agency for Palestine → operatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

New Zionist Organization → operatedIn → Palestine ⓘ

Jewish National Fund → operatesIn → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palestine (pre-1948)