Who Are The Palestinians " III "


Let’s move on to the Hellenistic period, the 5th and 4th century BC, to the earliest classical literature of the Greek writers and especially Herodotus and Aristotle.

Herodotus was a contemporary of Socrates and he is often called the Father of History. He was the first historian to systematically investigate historical subjects, arrange material into a historical narrative. One of his most famous historical texts is called Histories and it is still studied by all history students and academics around the world.

In this classical text written in the 5th century BC Herodotus talks about Palaestine, Palaestine-Syria and the Syrians of Palestine and he distinguishes the Phoenicians from the Syrians of Palestine. When he uses these terms he does not only refer to the coastal strip from the Carmel to Gaza but also to the interior of the country.

He visited Palestine himself and according to his own words: he traveled extensively through the part of Syria called Palestine, and he refers to Palaistine-Syria or simply Palaistine many times – as an area comprising the whole region between Phoenicia and Egypt.

Herodotus never mentions Judea, nor does he mention Canaan or Canaanites or Israelites and he also does not speak about monotheism in the country. Archaeological evidence shows that monotheism was a much later development in Palestine and the Near East. And may of the Old Testament religious and ideological dogmas evolved centuries after Herodotus.

About a century after Herodotus, the Greek scientist, philosopher and historian Aristotle also talks about Palestine. And also he does not mention the term Canaan.
 
It is time for the Muslim occupation to end. It has been going on since the 7th Century.



The Nabataean kingdom ruled over Jordan, southern Palestine and Sinai a whole millennium before Muslims ever set foot in the area. They were Arabs.
 

The Nabataean kingdom ruled over Jordan, southern Palestine and Sinai a whole millennium before Muslims ever set foot in the area. They were Arabs.
but doesn't that risk the fallacy of conflating the term "Arab" with something called "Palestinian"?
 

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