Palestine Background Information

Palestine Background Information <Tab/>Palestine is known today as a region, not a country. The region mainly consists of modern day Israel, Jordan, parts of Egypt, and the West Bank and Gaza. The Mediterranean Sea surrounds the west side of Palestine. Some parts of Palestine have very fertile land. In fact one of the world's first civilizations was located by the Tigris River. The southern area, however, is mostly dessert. Fresh …

…of the Ancient world. The Persian dominance of Palestine ended when Pompey the Great conquered the land for Rome and established it as part of the Roman Empire. <Tab/>The Islamic religion spread, and soon Palestine became the central hearth of the religion. With that, when the Roman Empire fell, Palestine became known as the Ottoman Empire, which was mainly Muslim. It collapsed into many different countries after World War II.