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tornado34jh

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3. Palestine is very old

Reply to Edim (Original post)

Sat Oct 14, 2023, 08:32 AM

Oct 2023

There are written records referring to it dating back to the 20th dynasty of Egypt, around the 12th century BCE. At that time it was called "Pelesat". The ancient Greeks, Assyrians, and the Romans all had some version of the name Palestine. So even though the Gaza Strip is relatively recent, the area had been around for a very long time.

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Siege of Gaza, October 332 BC (2,355 years ago) [View all] Edim Oct 2023 OP

... Lucinda Oct 2023 #1

And the beat goes on... hot2na Oct 2023 #2

Palestine is very old tornado34jh Oct 2023 #3

The land's been there for a while, sure. Igel Oct 2023 #4

Imagine the ancestral DNA profile of someone who's ancestors yagotme Oct 2023 #6

Technically 2,354 years ago muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #5

Right. Edim Oct 2023 #7