Palestine
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The Palestine is the broadly attested Near Eastern and the Western modern name that is used to depict the geographic area among the Jordan River andMediterranean Sea and also several neighboring lands. As an apolitical term, in the broadest application, geographical, Palestine may be used as to refer the ‘former Palestine’, the region which consists of the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Israel and the few parts of the Syria and Lebanon. In modern terms, it may be used for the region the surroundings which was once the British Mandate Palestine, the region which consists of Transjordan till organization of Jordan Kingdom in the year 1921. Previous Records Medals of Palestine:Till date the country has not won any medal in the summer as well as winter Olympics. History of PalestinePaleolithic and Neolithic Periods:The humans were found at the El- Ubeidita, which is located at the distance of 2 miles in the south of the Lake Tiberias that dates back from the 500000 years ago. The innovation of Palestine Man in cave of Zuttiyeh in the Wadi Al- Amud close to the Safad in the year 1925 offers few of the clues to the development of the humans on the region. In caves of Wadi Khareitun in the Bethlehem and the Shuqba in the Ramallah, wood, bone tools of the animals and the stone were attributed and found to the culture of the Natufian. The other remaining from this period is found at Ein Mallaha, Jericho, Tel Abu Hureura and Beidha.
Chalcolithic Period and Bronze Age:Beside the route of the Jericho- Dead Sea- Bir es Saba- Gaza- Sinai, the culture was originated in the Syria that was marked by use of stone tools and the copper, brought the novel migrant groups to area contributing to the growing urban fabric. By early Bonze age the self governing, city- states Canaanite located in the coastal and the plains areas bordered by the defensive walls of the mud- brick were recognized and many of these cities are based on the neighboring hamlets of the agriculture for the requirements of the food. The Archaeological research has found that from the period of the early Canaanite are found at the Bisan, Jericho, Tel Megiddo, Ai, Jib and Tel a Nasbe. Iron Age:The remains of the pottery were found in the Ashdod, Ekron, Gaza, Gat and Ashkelon that are decorated with the stylized birds that offer the 1st evidence of the archaeology for the settlement of the Philistine in area. The development among 1250- 900 BCE in the Palestine was main focus of the debate among the people who had accepted the version of the Old Testament on conquest of the Canaan by the tribes of the Israelite and also by those who has rejected it. Demographics of Palestine:Projecting the population of the country in the ancient times is based on 2 methods- the scientific method which is based on the statistical and the excavations methods and the writings and thecensuses that were made at that time consider the several settlements of that particular period, density factor and the region of the each settlement. Demographics in late Ottoman and British Mandate Periods:From the huge details in registers, it is probable to extract some of the things as usual picture of economy of the country in the certain period. Out from the total population of near about 300,000 inhabitants among the 5th and quarter lived in 6 cities of the Hebron, Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramle, Safed and Nablus. The remaining population includes chiefly of the peasants that are living in the varying size of the villages and engaged in the agriculture. Government and Politics at Palestine:The Israel and PLO in their first talk has signed the historic contract which is called for the restricted Palestinian self government in Jericho and Gaza Strip in the year 1993 in West Bank as the prime step to the country’s power in the territories which are occupied by them. The PNA (Palestine National Authority) was located as instrument of the country’s interim sovereignty. In the early 1996, most rest of the World Bank than came under the administration of Palestinian. The Palestine National Authority consists of the 88 members in the council of the Palestinian Legislative and also the elected body. In the year 1996, Yasser Arafat was elected as the president of the country. Also there is the cabinet of the 20 members which are elected by president. In the beginning of the year 2001, nevertheless, the president of the country alone was de facto “government” of engaged territories.
Palestine Culture:The name of the country is given in 2nd century C.E. by the Romans to the area which is currently the Middle East and is located on eastern coast of Mediterranean Sea in the west of Jordan. The name Palestine is derived from Greek word Palaestina which means the “Land of the Philistines”, the maritime natives that settled in the small coastal region in the northeast of the Egypt, which is today is known as the Gaza, near about the 12th century B.C.E. It is also known as Holy Land, the countryis scared by the Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Economy of PalestineThe economy in Palestine is based on the:
Infrastructure of Palestine:The infrastructure of the country mainly depends on:
Education in Palestine:The education in the territories of Palestinian is offered by the private sources, government and UNRWA. Schools:According to the ministerial statistics of September 2005, there are 2267 schools in the general education, 48674 teachers, 31001 classes and 1078488 students in the territories of Palestinian. InPalestine there are 70% schools that are operated by government, 6% are privately operated and 24% are operated by UNRWA.
Higher Education:The other statistics which was conducted in May 2005, there were 138139 students that enrolled in the institutions of the higher education. Among these students 605% are in colls of the community, 33.6% in the Al- Quds Open University, 55.5% in the traditional universities and 4.4% in the university coll. Universities:
Colleges:
Arts and Music:
Neighboring Countries:The countries that are very near to Palestine are:
Palestine Geographical Settings:The country lies in the west of Asian continent among longitudes 15-34 and the 40-35 to east, and among latitudes in north to 30-29 and 15-33. The country constitutes southwestern part vast geographical unity in eastern part of Arab world that is Belad- El- Sham. Further to it, the sham includes the Jordan, Syria and Jordan. The Palestine has common border with all these countries and also with the Egypt. Palestine Capital City:Palestine is yet not an established nation therefore it does not have any capital. Palestine Great Persons in Country:The great persons in Palestine are:
Palestine Currency:There is no official currency of Palestine but it uses the Jordanian Dinars and it also uses the New Shekels of Israeli. |
