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.

United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine → operatingArea → Palestine ⓘ

Holy Land → overlapsWith → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palestine (region)

Saint George of Lydda → patronage → Palestine ⓘ

Pamphilus of Caesarea → placeOfActivity → Palestine ⓘ

Eusebius of Caesarea → placeOfBirth → Palestine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palestine (Roman Empire)

Labor Zionism → region → Palestine ⓘ

Yusuf al-Khalidi → regionOfActivity → Palestine ⓘ

Ayyubid dynasty → regionRuled → Palestine ⓘ

Avraham Katznelson → residence → Palestine ⓘ

Awni Abd al-Hadi → residence → Palestine ⓘ

Berl Katznelson → residence → Palestine ⓘ

Rufinus of Aquileia → residence → Palestine ⓘ

Saadia Gaon → residence → Palestine ⓘ

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

Nachmanides (Ramban) → settledIn → Palestine ⓘ

subject surface form: Nachmanides

this entity surface form: Land of Israel

Palladius of Helenopolis → spentTimeIn → Palestine ⓘ

Northwest Semitic → spokenIn → Palestine ⓘ

Shami Arabic → spokenIn → Palestine ⓘ

Basel Program → territorialFocus → Palestine ⓘ

Heraclian dynasty → territorialLoss → Palestine ⓘ

Palmyrene Empire → territoryIncludes → Palestine ⓘ

Fus’ha → usedInCountry → Palestine ⓘ

Quaker City excursion of 1867 → visitedPlace → Palestine ⓘ

Herbert Samuel → workLocation → Palestine ⓘ