The region of Palestine/Land of Israel was among the earliest in the world to see human habitation, agricultural communities and civilization. In the Bronze Age, the Canaanites established independent city-states that were influenced by the surrounding civilizations, among them Egypt, which ruled the area in the Late Bronze Age .

Godfrey of Bouillon enters Jaffa. 1100 December 25 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem is established. 1113–1115 – Earthquakes hits the region. 1116 – The Latins repair the walls of Jerusalem. 1153 August 23 – The Franks capture Ascalon, thus completing the conquest of the Western coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

100.0. According to Ottoman statistics studied by Justin McCarthy, the population of Palestine in the early 19th century was 350,000, in 1860 it was 411,000 and in 1900 about 600,000 of which 94% were Arabs . The estimated 24,000 Jews in Palestine in 1882 represented just 0.3% of the world's Jewish population.

Palestine may refer to: State of Palestine, a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia. Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia. Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. Palestinian enclaves, the areas designated for Palestinians under ...

Syria Palestina continued to be used by historians and geographers and others to refer to the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as in the writings of Philo, Josephus and Pliny the Elder.After the Romans adopted the term as the official administrative name for the region in the 2nd century CE, "Palestine" as a stand-alone term came into widespread use, …

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Time periods in the region of Palestine summarizes the major time periods in the history of the region of Palestine/Land of Israel, and notes the major events in each time period. Period (Archaeological age) Period name Ruling regime Region names Major events 4000–3300 BC (Copper Age) Pre-history Main article: Prehistory of Palestine Initial ...