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Palestine Episodes
Palestine Series, Episode 7 – The Rise of Nationalism and the Birth of Zionism in the 19th Century
The conclusion of the French Revolution ushered in the 19th century and major changes on the world stage. Some of these are highly relevant for our series: the appearance of nation-states, the rise of...
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Palestine Series, Episode 6 – Jewish Communities in Europe: From the Middle Ages to Jewish Emancipation in the 19th Century
With the Ottoman Empire fully established and ruling Palestine, we're now shifting our attention to the development of Jewish communities in Europe. Traditionally Jewish communities were largely divided into three, Ashkenazi Jews (Ashkenazim), Sephardic...
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Palestine Series, Episode 5 – The Muslim Caliphate Rules Palestine (638 CE to 1917)
As the Byzantine Empire ruled Palestine, and Jerusalem largely turned into a Christian city, yet another new religion emerged in the Middle East in the 7th century CE. This third monotheistic Abrahamic faith would...
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Palestine Series, Episode 4 – Roman and Christian Rule, Proselytism and Ethnicity (63 BCE to 638 CE)
On the world stage the Greek Empire was being replaced by the Roman Republic, which was turning into the Roman Empire. Roman general, Pompey, conquered Syria from the Seleucides in 64 BCE and when...
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Palestine Series, Episode 3 – From Assyrian Rule to Civil War in the Hasmonean Kingdom (722 to 63 BCE)
As we start Episode 3, it is the year 722 BCE, the Assyrian Empire is expanding, the Kingdom of Israel no longer exists and the Kingdom of Judea is a tiny vassal state of...
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Palestine Series, Episode 2 – The Rise and Fall of the Israelites and their Kingdoms during the Bronze and Iron Ages
Mesopotamia during the Bronze Age is often regarded as the Cradle of Human Civilization, and for good reason, which makes it a fascinating region to study. It developed around the fertile delta of the...
Palestine Episodes
Palestine Series, Episode 1 – A Proposed Multi-Layered Model of the Zionist Narrative
The focus of this short episode is my proposed Multi-Layered Model of the Zionist Narrative. It will be used as a framework for the entire Palestine Series. I also cover other key terminology, a...
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Palestine – A Historical and Secular Perspective
As the smoke of war started to settle early in the 20th century, the political future of historical Palestine became a burning and high profile issue due to the fall of the Ottoman Empire...