02624    a2200217   4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069040001700087041000800104050002800112100002500140245006200165260003200227300002400259505115200283520090401435651002502339651004202364BJBSDDR20240116110818.0ta230829s2021    enk           00| 0 eng d  a9781786998699  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng14a439 DS 117bM394p 2021 1 aMasalha, Nur d1957-10aPalestine :ba four thousand year history /cNur Masalha.  aLondon :bZed Books,c2021.  a448 pages ;c20 cm.  aThe Philistines and Philistia as a distinct geo-political entity : Late Bronze Age to 500 BC
The conception of Palestine in Classical Antiquity and during the Hellenistic Empires (500-135 BC) From Philistia to Provincia `Syria Palaestina' (135 AD-390 AD) : the administrative province of Roman Palestine The (three in one) Provincia Palaestina : the three administrative provinces of Byzantine Palestine (4th-early 7th centuries AD) Arab Christian Palestine : the pre-Islamic Arab kings, bishops and poets and tribes of Provincia Palaestina (3rd-early 7th centuries AD) The Arab province of Jund Filastin (638-1099 AD) : continuities, adaption and transformation of Palestine under Islam Between Egypt and al-Sham : Palestine during the Ayyubid, Mamluk and early Ottoman periods Palestinian statehood in the 18th century : early modernities and practical sovereignty in Palestine Being Palestine, becoming Palestine : rediscovery and new representations of modern Palestine and their impact on Palestinian national identity Settler-colonialism and disinheriting the Palestinians : the appropriation of Palestinian place names by the Israeli state
  aThis rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine's multicultural past has been distorted and mythologised by Biblical lore and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. In the process, Masalha reveals that the concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past. Palestine represents the authoritative account of the country's history. 4aPalestina xHistoria 4aMedio Oriente xHistoria zPalestina