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Political entities in the Land of Israel

  • Mandate for Syria and the LebanonOn the 29th of September 1923, France received the League of Nations mandate for Syria. This territory included what is now Lebanon and Alexandretta…
  • Kingdom of JerusalemThe Council of Clermont in 1095 set the stage for a movement that would reshape the Levant. Pope Urban II called for an army to assist the Byzantine Empire…
  • Judaea (Roman province)In 63 BC, Roman general Pompey marched into Jerusalem and besieged the city. He intervened in a civil war between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II.
  • Mandatory PalestineIn 1920, the British Empire took control of a territory that had been part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuries. The League of Nations officially…
  • Syria PalaestinaIn 6 AD, the Roman province of Judaea shifted its capital from Jerusalem to Caesarea Maritima. This administrative change marked the beginning of direct…
  • IsraelThe Merneptah Stele, an ancient Egyptian monument dated to the late 13th century BCE, bears the earliest known archaeological reference to Israel as a…