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Scholars believe the name ?Palestine? is derived from the name of the people?the Philistines?who occupied part of the region in the 12th century B.C.
Over the centuries, Jews, Muslims and Christians and followers of other religions have all claimed special connections to the region. The Hebrew Bible contains narratives of ancient Israelites' presence in the land, including the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, established by King David and his descendants around 1000 B.C. Those kingdoms' rivals included other Canaanite groups like the Philistines, whose territory encompassed the ancient city of Gaza.
The region was later conquered by numerous empires, including the Babylonians, Persians and Romans. It first came under Muslim control when Jerusalem fell to the Rashidun Caliphate in 637, less than five years after the Prophet Muhammed's death. During the Crusades, Christian armies from Western Europe fought both Muslims and local Christian factions for control of their religions' holy sites. Between 1517 and 1917, the Ottoman Empire?whose official religion was Islam?ruled the region.
When World War I ended in 1918, the British took control of Palestine. The League of Nations issued a British mandate for Palestine?a document that gave Britain administrative control over the region, and included provisions for establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine?which went into effect in 1923.
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