Palestine As A Geographic Term
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands.
The term, in the form palashtu, is first used as a general geographic descriptor by the Assyrians in the 7th and 8th centuries BCE. It was later used in the Roman Latin and Greek, and also other languages taking their geographical vocabulary from them.
In geographical contexts, "Palestine" is often used, as it is a distinctly unique natural unit. Rivers, vegetation and bird migration have ignored political boundaries, while contributing to the development of the natural character of the land.
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—A.J. (Arthur James)
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