volbound1700
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I think part of the issue is that Palestine has NEVER been a nation. Here is a list of people that have owned Israel since the beginning that I put together. Try to find me Palestine:
History of Israel
4000 - 1500 B.C.E – Canaanites
1500 - 1200 B.C.E - Canaanites as vassals of Ancient Egypt
1200 - 1080 B.C.E. - Israelites under the Judges
1080 - 931 B.C.E. – United Kingdom of Israel (Saul, David, Solomon)
931 – 720 B.C.E. – Northern & Southern Kingdom of Israel
720 – 586 B.C.E – Kingdom of Judah alone. Shared lands with Assyrian Empire and then Babylonian Empire (Assyria was destroyed after battle of Harran in 609 B.C.E; Egypt briefly occupied Judah in 610 after defeating King Josiah who engaged the Egyptians instead of allowing them to past through his lands to aid the Assyrians at Harran).
586 – 556 B.C.E. – Babylonian Captivity and Babylonian Rule
556 – 330 B.C.E. – Persian Rule. Jews allowed to return to Holy Land and rebuild Jerusalem
330 – 323 B.C.E. – Rule by Alexander the Great
323 – 219 B.C.E. – Ruled by Ptolemaic Greeks (Egypt)
219 – 116 B.C.E. – Ruled by Seleucid Greeks (Syria) – Persecuted Jews as prophesied in Daniel. – Seleucids are King(s) of North, Ptolemys are King(s) of the South, Sea People are Romans in the Prophecy.
116 – 63 B.C.E. – Kingdom of Judea (brief independence under Maccabees)
63 – 47 B.C.E. – Roman Republic
47 – 40 B.C.E. – Parthian Empire
40 B.C.E – 614 A.D. – Roman Rule (Rome converted to Christianity around 324 A.D.)
614 – 628 A.D. – Sassanid Persian Empire (Zoroastrian Religion)
628 – 636 A.D. – Brief rule by Rome (Byzantine Empire/Christian)
636 – 750 A.D. – Ummayad Caliphite (Arabs/Sunni Islam)
750 – 970 A.D. – Abbasid Caliphite (Arabs/Sunni Islam)
970 – 1073 A.D. – Fatamid Caliphite (Shia Muslims out of Egypt)
1073 – 1098 A.D. – Seljuk Turks (Sunni Muslims. Started persecutions of Christians and precursor to Crusades along with Battle of Manzikert)
1098 – 1099 – Brief recapture of Jerusalem by Fatamids
1099 – 1187 – Kingdom of Jerusalem (Christian Crusader State)
1187 – 1260 – Ayyubid Arab Dynasty with coastline still held by Crusader State
1260 – Brief Conquest by Mongols
1260 – 1291 – Mameluke Dynasty (Egypt - Muslims) with small areas still held by Crusader State
1291 – 1486 – Mameluke Dynasty alone
1486 – 1918 – Ottoman Turk Rule
1918 – 1947 – British Rule
1947 – Present – Nation of Israel (with Palestinians still around)
