Palestine (Israel)
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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Area inhabited 100,000 BCE; farming and herding by 10,000 BCE; ruled by Hebrews, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, and Ottomans; shares name with kingdom existing 1025-933 BCE; much strife between Israel and neighbors since 1948; holds territory from the 1967 "Six Day War"; official languages are Hebrew and Arabic.