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Palestine
فلسطين \ ארץ ישראל
العربية [1]فلسطين سلطة وطنية فلسطينية

فلسطين هي جزء طبيعي من بلاد الشام ومنطقة تاريخية تقع شرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط تصل بين جزئي العالم العربي الأسيوي والأفريقي بوقوعها وشبه جزيرة سيناء عند نقطة إلتقاء القارتين، حدودها ما بين العراق والبحر المتوسط. وتحتوي هذه المنطقة على عدد كبير من المدن الهامة وعلى رأسها مدينتي القدس وبيت لحم وحيفا. لسلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية هي حكم ذاتي فلسطيني كان نتاج اتفاق أوسلو، وأنشئت بقرار من المجلس المركزي الفلسطيني في دورته المنعقدة في 10 أكتوبر 1993 في تونس، ويعول عليها أن تكون نواة الدولة الفلسطينية المقبلة والتي طالما حلم بها الشعب الفلسطيني. قامت السلطة الفلسطينية بعدة مهام من أهمها:

עברית ארץ ישראל הרשות הפלסטינית

פלשתינה הוא כינויה הלועזי של ארץ ישראל, המגדיר את האזור המקראי שכיום הוא מחולק לשלושה: מדינת ישראל, הגדה המערבית שבשטחיה ישנם אזורים שמוחזקים בריבונות ממשלת הרשות הפליסטינית, ורצועת עזה שבה הקים החמאס מערכת ממשלתית. לאזור יש גבול דרומי-מערבי עם חצי-האי סיני המצרי, גבול מזרחי עם ממלכת ירדן, גבול צפוני עם לבנון, וגבול צפוני-מזרחי עם סוריה.

English Palestine - State of Palestine

Palestine is the name of state and a geographical and historical region, nowadays divided between ► Israel,[2] the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has control over part of the West Bank, and Hamas has control over the Gaza Strip. Maps of the PNA are included in this entry. Gaza borders ► Israel and ► Egypt, the West Bank borders Israel and ► Jordan.

Short name  Palestine
Official name State of Palestine
Status Internationally recognized state since 1988
Location Western Asia
Capital Jerusalem
Population 5,101,152 inhabitants
Area 6,020 square kilometres (2,320 sq mi)
Major languages Arabic
Major religions Islam, Christianity
More information Palestine, Geography of Palestine, History of Palestine and Politics of Palestine
More images Palestine - Palestine (Category).

In Arabic

General maps

Map showing the Palestine territories
Map of Gaza Strip
Map of West Bank and East Jerusalem
Palestinian National Authority electoral districts (as of 2006)
Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority
Historical region of Palestine showing Israel's 1948 and 1967 borders
Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip) showing Israel's 1948 and 1967 borders
Palestinian National Authority showing Israel's 1948 and 1967 borders

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Palestine, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Palestine.

Fertile Crescent
Akkadian Empire around 2000 BCE
The Hittite Empire (red) at the height of its power in ca. 1290 BC, bordering on the Egyptian Empire (green)
Hittite Empire
Possible Jewish Exodus according to the Bible text. See also Stations list
Levant around 830 BCE.
 
Kingdom of Judah
 
Kingdom of Israel
 
Philistine city-states
 
Phoenician states
 
Kingdom of Ammon
 
Kingdom of Edom
 
Kingdom of Aram-Damascus
 
Aramean tribes
 
Arubu tribes
 
Nabatu tribes
 
Assyrian Empire
 
Kingdom of Moab
The region in the 9th century BCE - Philistine city states
The Levant in 800 BCE - Philistine states
The Assyrian Empire in the 9th to 7th centuries BC
Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Kingdom of Edom and Philistia in 600 BC
Early Israel and Philistia
Israel, Iudeae and Philistia (in Catalan)
Kingdom of Israel and Philistia (in Catalan)
Various interpretations of the Biblical account of the extent of David's Empire and location of Philistia
The Region in the 9th to 7th centuries BC
The Chaldean Empire around 600 BCE)
The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE
Map of the Empire of Alexander
Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE
Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)
Hellenistic successor states:
 
Kingdom of Ptolemy
 
Kingdom of Cassander
 
Kingdom of Lysimachus
 
Kingdom of Seleucus
 
Epirus
Other states:
 
Carthage
 
Rome
 
Greek colonies
Hellenistic world in 200 BCE
Kingdoms under Herod the Great, highlighted in red
Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present
Palestine in the Roman Empire
Decapolis
Roman conquest of Minor Asia
Roman Republic 100 BCE
Map of the Roman Empire in 50
The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
 
133 BC
 
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
 
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
 
117 (maximum extension)
Iudaea and Philistia in the first century
Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
Roman Empire in 117
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
 
Western Roman Empire
 
Eastern Roman Empire
Division of the Roman Empire in 406
Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Byzantine Empire 550
Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
Age of the Caliphs
Caliphate around 750
The Seljuq Empire 1037-1194
The Crusader States
A political map of the w:en:Near East in 1135 CE
File:ChristianStatesInTheLevant.jpg Christian States in the Levant
Ayyubid dynasty in 1189
The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
[[|border|251x400px]] Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
Map of Palestine 1900 (in Russian)
British mandate of Palestine
Palestine and Transjordan
Palestine 1922
Peel Commission Partition Plan A, July 1937
Jewish zones in 1947
Jewish settlements in 1947
United Nations Partition Plan 1947
United Nations Partition Plan 1947
Israel 1947-1949 (in French)
1948 Arab-Israeli War
June 1948
October 1948
October 1948
Dec 22, 1948 - Jan 07, 1949
Dec 22, 1948 - Jan 07, 1949 (detail)
Suez Crisis 1956: Conquest of Sinai
1967 Six-Day War: Battle of Golan Heights
Six-Day War: The Jordan salient
Six-Day War: Conquest of Sinai 7–8 June
1973 Yom Kippur war 1973: Golan heights theater
Yom Kippur war
Yom Kippur war
The West Bank Barrier in february 2005
The West Bank Barrier in may 2005

Other maps

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

General remarks:

  • The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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  • Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
  • The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
  1. ↑ Romanization: Filastīn - As-Sulta Al-Wataniyya Al-Filastīniyya.
  2. ↑ Most of the historical maps in this entry and in the entry on ► Israel are identical.

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