ePub The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction; Translation; and Commentary by Lionel Casson in History

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It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and recent past. But until now there has been no single volume in English that tells the history of the events--from the Ottoman Empire to the mid-twentieth century--that shaped modern Palestine. The first book of its kind; A History of Palestine offers a richly detailed interpretation of this critical region's evolution. Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine; noted historian Gudrun Krämer examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish; Christian; and Muslim traditions. Paying special attention to social and economic factors; she examines the gradual transformation of Palestine; following the history of the region through the Egyptian occupation of the mid-nineteenth century; the Ottoman reform era; and the British Mandate up to the founding of Israel in 1948. Focusing on the interactions of Arabs and Jews; A History of Palestine tells how these connections affected the cultural and political evolution of each community and Palestine as a whole.