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In four pages this paper attempts to define what is meant by Palestine and Palestinian culture. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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and Asfour 3). If Middle East archaeologists are to be believed, there has always been a Palestine, at least dating back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras approximately 5,000
years before the birth of Jesus Christ. Palestine is not the exclusive property of Arabs or of Jews; it is a region and a history that reflects any nomadic
peoples that once called it home. What Palestine is cannot obviously be defined in a single sentence, for it is a puzzle of many pieces. Each piece represents
a long and tumultuous history that encompasses many peoples and cultures, and geographically consists of sacred land that competing religions seek to claim as their own. Palestine is also
an example of global prejudice that sadly continues to endure, with the Arabs relegated to the role of bad guy by the pro-Israel West. This prejudice has manifested itself
both politically and culturally. In order to understand with greater clarity the land of Palestine, its culture, and its struggles - which continue to this day - an historical perspective
of the region is presented. The history of the Palestine is one of almost constant territorial conquest in which the land was regarded at various times as "a plaything
between Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and the Persian Empire" (Polk, Stamler, and Asfour 3). Its efforts to achieve autonomy are believed to date back to around 1200 B.C., when the
Israelites arrived from Egypt at the same time when the Philistines were establishing their coastal settlement (Polk, Stamler, and Asfour 3). According to the Book of Joshua, attempts to
establish a single community among these groups failed miserably, and the enslavement and exploitation of various peasant classes became a tradition that unfortunately took root in Palestine soil (Polk, Stamler,
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