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372 relations: Aaron, Abbasid Caliphate, Abd al-Hadi Palace, Abu Ghosh, Acre, Israel, Adly Yaish, Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, Afula, Ajam, Ajloun, Al-Badhan, Al-Dimashqi (geographer), Al-Ittihad Club (Nablus), Al-Khadra Mosque, Al-Maqdisi, Al-Nimr Palace, Aleppo, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Aliyah, Alkali, Amin al-Husseini, Amir al-hajj, Amman, Amnesty International, An-Najah National University, An-Nasir Dawud, An-Nasr Mosque, Anastasius I Dicorus, Anatolia, Angiography, Angioplasty, Anglicanism, Aqraba, Nablus, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Arab world, Arabian Desert, Arabic, Arabic script, Arabs, Arraba, Jenin, Artemis, Asclepius, Asira ash-Shamaliya, Askar Camp, Association football, Autonomy, Ayyubid dynasty, B'Tselem, Baghdad, Baklava, ... Expand index (322 more) »
- Cities in the West Bank
- Palestinian Christian communities
Aaron
According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron was a Jewish prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses.
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Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (translit) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Abd al-Hadi Palace
The Abd al-Hadi Palace or Qasr Abd al-Hadi (قصر عبد الهادي.) is a large palace located in the Qaryun quarter of the Old City of Nablus, West Bank, Palestine.
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Abu Ghosh
Abu Ghosh (أبو غوش; אבו גוש) is an Arab-Israeli local council in Israel, located west of Jerusalem on the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem highway. Nablus and Abu Ghosh are Canaanite cities.
Acre, Israel
Acre, known locally as Akko (עַכּוֹ) and Akka (عكّا), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel.
Adly Yaish
Adly Yaish (عدلي يعيش), born 30 June 1952, is the former mayor of the Nablus Municipality in the central highlands of the West Bank under the Palestinian National Authority.
Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire
The administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire were administrative divisions of the state organisation of the Ottoman Empire.
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Afula
Afula (עֲפוּלָה, ʿĂfūlā) is a city in the Northern District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley" due to its strategic location in the Jezreel Valley. Nablus and Afula are Canaanite cities.
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Ajam
Ajam (ʿajam) is an Arabic word meaning mute.
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Ajloun
Ajloun (عجلون, ‘Ajlūn), also spelled Ajlun, is the capital town of the Ajloun Governorate, a hilly town in the north of Jordan, located 76 kilometers (around 47 miles) north west of Amman.
Al-Badhan
al-Badhan (الباذان) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the North central West Bank, located northeast of Nablus, and to the north of Elon Moreh. Nablus and al-Badhan are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
Al-Dimashqi (geographer)
Sheikh Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi or simply al-Dimashqi (شمس الدين الأنصاري الدمشقي) (1256–1327) was a medieval Arab geographer, completing his main work in 1300.
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Al-Ittihad Club (Nablus)
Al-Ittihad Club (نادي الاتحاد الرياضي) or simply Ittihad Nablus is a Palestinian football team from the city of Nablus that participates in the West Bank Second League.
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Al-Khadra Mosque
Al-Khadra Mosque (lit) also known as Hizn Sidna Yaq'ub Mosque (trans. Sadness of our Lord Jacob), is a mosque situated on the lower slopes of Mount Gerizim in the southwestern quarter of the Old City of Nablus in the West Bank.
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Al-Maqdisi
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr (translit; 991), commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi (translit) or al-Muqaddasī (ٱلْمُقَدَّسِي) was a medieval Palestinian Arab geographer, author of Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm (The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions), as well as author of the book, Description of Syria (Including Palestine).
Al-Nimr Palace
Al-Nimr Palace (قصر النمر) is a vast seventeenth-century palace in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine.
Aleppo
Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria. Nablus and Aleppo are Levant.
Ali Bey al-Kabir
Ali Bey al-Kabir (ʿAlī Bey al-Kābīr, Georgian: ალი ბეი ალ-ქაბირი; 1728 – 8 May 1773) was a Mamluk leader in Egypt.
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Aliyah
Aliyah (עֲלִיָּה ʿălīyyā) is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine region, which is today chiefly represented by the State of Israel.
Alkali
In chemistry, an alkali (from lit) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.
Amin al-Husseini
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (محمد أمين الحسيني; 4 July 1974) was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine.
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Amir al-hajj
Amir al-hajj (lit or lit; plural: translit) was the position and title given to the commander of the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan by successive Muslim empires, from the 7th century until the 20th century.
Amman
Amman (ʿAmmān) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. Nablus and Amman are Levant.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
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An-Najah National University
An-Najah National University (جامعة النجاح الوطنية) is a Palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees.
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An-Nasir Dawud
An-Nasir Dawud (1206–1261) was a Kurdish ruler, briefly (1227–1229) Ayyubid sultan of Damascus and later (1229–1248) Emir of Al-Karak.
An-Nasr Mosque
An-Nasr Mosque (مسجد النصر Masjid an-Nasr translated as "Victory Mosque") is a mosque located in the Palestinian city of Nablus.
Anastasius I Dicorus
Anastasius I Dicorus (Anastásios; – 9 July 518) was Eastern Roman emperor from 491 to 518.
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Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Angiography
Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins, and the heart chambers.
Angioplasty
Angioplasty, also known as balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins, typically to treat arterial atherosclerosis.
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Aqraba, Nablus
Aqraba (عقربا) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located eighteen kilometers southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Nablus and Aqraba, Nablus are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
Arab states of the Persian Gulf
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf or the Arab Gulf states (دول الخليج العربي) refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf.
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Arab world
The Arab world (اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), formally the Arab homeland (اَلْوَطَنُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), also known as the Arab nation (اَلْأُمَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in Western Asia and Northern Africa.
Arabian Desert
The Arabian Desert (ٱلصَّحْرَاء ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة) is a vast desert wilderness in West Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula with an area of.
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Arabic script
The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa.
Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
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Arraba, Jenin
Arraba (عرّابة ʻArrābah), also Arrabah, Arrabeh or Arrabet Jenin, is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 12 kilometers southwest of Jenin. Nablus and Arraba, Jenin are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Artemis
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.
Asclepius
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós; Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya (عصيرة الشماليّة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Nablus and Asira ash-Shamaliya are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
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Askar Camp
Askar (مخيمعسكر) is a Palestinian refugee camp. Nablus and Askar Camp are Nablus Governorate.
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Autonomy
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
Ayyubid dynasty
The Ayyubid dynasty (الأيوبيون; Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.
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B'Tselem
B'Tselem (בצלם) is a Jerusalem-based non-profit organization whose stated goals are to document human rights violations in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, combat any denial of the existence of such violations, and help to create a human rights culture in Israel.
Baghdad
Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.
Baklava
Baklava (or; باقلوا) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey.
Balata Camp
Balata Camp (مخيمبلاطة) is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of Nablus. Nablus and Balata Camp are Nablus Governorate.
Balata village
Balata village (lit) is a Palestinian suburb of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, located east of the city center. Nablus and Balata village are Nablus Governorate.
Baldwin III of Jerusalem
Baldwin III (1130 – 10 February 1163) was King of Jerusalem from 1143 to 1163.
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Balqa (region)
The Balqa (البلقاء; transliteration: al-Balqāʾ), known colloquially as the Balga, is a geographic region in central Jordan generally defined as the highlands east of the Jordan Valley in between the Zarqa River to the north and the Wadi Mujib gorge to the south.
Barilla
Barilla refers to several species of salt-tolerant (halophyte) plants that, until the 19th century, were the primary source of soda ash and hence of sodium carbonate.
Bassam Shakaa
Bassam Shakaa (Bassām al-Shak’ā) (1930 – 22 July 2019) was mayor of Nablus from 1976 to 1982.
Battle of Megiddo (1918)
The Battle of Megiddo was fought between 19 and 25 September 1918, on the Plain of Sharon, in front of Tulkarm, Tabsor and Arara in the Judean Hills as well as on the Esdralon Plain at Nazareth, Afulah, Beisan, Jenin and Samakh.
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Battle of Nablus
The Battle of Nablus was fought from April 5 to April 8, 2002 in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian forces, as part of Operation Defensive Shield in the Second Intifada.
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Battle of Sharon
The Battle of Sharon fought between 19 and 25 September 1918, began the set piece Battle of Megiddo half a day before the Battle of Nablus, in which large formations engaged and responded to movements by the opposition, according to pre-existing plans, in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.
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Battle of the Yarmuk
The Battle of the Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmouk) was a major battle between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate.
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Bazaar
A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and South Asia.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Beit Furik
Beit Furik (بيت فوريك) is a town located nine kilometers southeast of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate of the northern West Bank, Palestine. Nablus and Beit Furik are Nablus Governorate.
Beita, Nablus
Beita (بيتا, translation: "Home") is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank located southeast of Nablus. Nablus and Beita, Nablus are Nablus Governorate.
Ben Gurion Airport
Ben Gurion International Airport, commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (נתב״ג|rtl.
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Beshara Doumani
Beshara Doumani (بشارة دوماني) is a Palestinian-American academic currently serving as the president of Birzeit University.
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Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
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Boeing AH-64 Apache
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two.
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Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is a home rule city in and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Cairo
Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.
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Calico
Calico (in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton.
Camel train
A camel train, caravan, or camel string is a series of camels carrying passengers and goods on a regular or semi-regular service between points.
Car bomb
A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
Cardiac surgery
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.
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Carob
The carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the Caesalpinioideae sub-family of the legume family, Fabaceae.
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Castile soap
Castile soap is an olive oil-based hard soap made in a style similar to that originating in the Castile region of Spain.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cesspit
Cesspit, cesspool and soak pit in some contexts are terms with various meanings: they are used to describe either an underground holding tank (sealed at the bottom) or a soak pit (not sealed at the bottom).
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Christians
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christopher Mayhew
Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew (12 June 1915 – 7 January 1997) was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to join the Liberals.
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Como
Como (Comasco, Cómm or Cùmm; Novum Comum) is a city and comune (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy.
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Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
Constantinople
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
Council of Nablus
The Council of Nablus was a council of ecclesiastic and secular lords in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, held on January 16, 1120.
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Crete
Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
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Crown land
Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown.
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
Culture of Palestine
The culture of Palestinians is influenced by the many diverse cultures and religions which have existed in the historical region of Palestine and the state of Palestine.
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Culture of Turkey
The culture of Turkey (Türkiye kültürü) or the Turkish culture (Türk kültürü) combines a heavily diverse and heterogeneous set of elements that have been derived from the various cultures of the Eastern European, Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasian, Middle Eastern and Central Asian traditions.
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Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Dabke
Dabke (دبكة also spelled dabka, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) is a Levantine folk dance, particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian and Syrian communities.
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Damascus
Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Nablus and Damascus are Levant.
Damietta
Damietta (دمياط; Tamiati) is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt.
Daoud Kuttab
Daoud Kuttab (داود كتّاب), (born 1 April 1955) is a Palestinian-American journalist.
Deir Sharaf
Deir Sharaf (دير شرف) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located northwest of Nablus. Nablus and Deir Sharaf are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP; el-Jabha ed-Dīmūqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and Maoist organization.
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Dennis Walters
Sir Dennis Murray Walters (28 November 1928 – 1 October 2021) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westbury from 1964 to 1992.
Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
Dundee
Dundee (Dundee; Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland.
Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
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Edessa
Edessa (Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
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Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Eighth Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Sekizinci Ordu) was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army.
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Ein Beit al-Ma'
'Ein Beit el Ma (Arabic: عين بيت الماء), also known as Camp No. Nablus and Ein Beit al-Ma' are Nablus Governorate.
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Eleazar
Eleazar or Elazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died.
Episcopal see
An episcopal see is, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Far'a
Far'a, Faraa or al-Fari'ah (مخيّمالفارعة) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the foothills of the Jordan Valley in the northwestern West Bank.
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Farrukh Pasha
Farrukh Pasha ibn Abdullah (also known as Farrukh Bey) (died 1620–21) was the Ottoman governor of Nablus and Jerusalem in the early 17th century, and founder of the Farrukh dynasty, which held the governorship of Nablus and other posts for much of the 17th century.
Fatah
Fatah (Fatḥ), formally the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (label), is a Palestinian nationalist and social democratic political party.
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Fatimid Caliphate
The Fatimid Caliphate or Fatimid Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya) was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shia dynasty. Nablus and Fatimid Caliphate are history of Palestine (region).
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Fellah
A fellah (فَلَّاح; feminine فَلَّاحَة; plural fellaheen or fellahin, فلاحين) is a peasant, usually a farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.
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First Council of Nicaea
The First Council of Nicaea (Sýnodos tês Nikaías) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I. The Council of Nicaea met from May until the end of July 325.
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First Crusade
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages.
First Intifada
The First Intifada (lit), also known as the First Palestinian Intifada or the Stone Intifada, was a sustained series of protests, acts of civil disobedience and riots carried out by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
First Jewish–Roman War
The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt (ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), or The Jewish War, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire fought in the province of Judaea, resulting in the destruction of Jewish towns, the displacement of its people and the appropriation of land for Roman military use, as well as the destruction of the Jewish Temple and polity.
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Flavia gens
The gens Flavia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome.
Galilee
Galilee (hagGālīl; Galilaea; al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Nablus and Galilee are Levant.
Gaskoin Richard Morden Wright
Gaskoin Richard Morden Wright (18 April 1860 – 10 September 1923)Ancestry Library Edition was an English surgeon and missionary who founded the St Luke's Hospital of Nablus while he served with the Church Mission Society (CMS).
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Gaza City
Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip. Nablus and Gaza City are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Palestinian Christian communities.
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).
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Ghassan Shakaa
Ghassan Shakaa (Ghassān Shak’ā) (1943 – 25 Jan 2018) was a Palestinian politician who was the mayor of Nablus in 1994–2004 and in 2012–2015.
Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy (גדעון לוי,; born 1953) is an Israeli journalist and author.
Gilad Shalit
Gilad Shalit (גלעד שליט, Gilˁad Šaliṭ; born 28 August 1986) is a former MIA soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who, on 25 June 2006, was captured by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid via tunnels near the Israeli border.
Governorates of Palestine
The Governorates of Palestine (محافظات فلسطين) are the administrative divisions of the State of Palestine.
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Grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.
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Great Mosque of Nablus
Great Mosque of Nablus (جامع نابلس الكبير Jami' Nablus al-Kebir) is the oldest and largest mosque in the Palestinian city of Nablus.
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Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem or Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, officially patriarch of Jerusalem (Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων; بطريرك القدس; פטריארך ירושלים), is the head bishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Green Line (Israel)
The Green Line or 1949 Armistice border is the demarcation line set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between the armies of Israel and those of its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Grid plan
In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.
Gush Shalom
Gush Shalom is an Israeli peace activism group founded by Uri Avnery in 1993.
Haaretz
Haaretz (originally Ḥadshot Haaretz –) is an Israeli newspaper.
Hadrian
Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.
Hajj
Hajj (translit; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims.
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Hama
Hama (حَمَاة,; lit; Ḥămāṯ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. Nablus and Hama are Canaanite cities and Levant.
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Hamas
Hamas, an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (lit), is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant resistance movement governing parts of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007.
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Hammam
A hammam (translit, hamam), called a Moorish bath (in reference to the Muslim Spain of Al-Andalus) and a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world.
Hanbali Mosque
The Hanbali Mosque (also known as Hanabila Mosque; المسجد الحنبلي) is a major mosque in central Nablus off Jama'a Kabir Street south of Martyr's Square and west of the Great Mosque of Nablus.
Hebron
Hebron (الخليل, or خَلِيل الرَّحْمَن; חֶבְרוֹן) is a Palestinian. Nablus and Hebron are Canaanite cities, cities in the West Bank, historic Jewish communities and Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Height above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.
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Hejaz
The Hejaz (also; lit) is a region that includes the majority of the west coast of Saudi Arabia, covering the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif and Baljurashi.
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Hejaz railway
The Hejaz railway (also spelled Hedjaz or Hijaz; سِكَّة حَدِيد الحِجَاز or الخَط الحَدِيدِي الحِجَازِي, حجاز دمیریولی, Hicaz Demiryolu) was a narrow-gauge railway (track gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of modern day Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea.
Highway 60 (Israel–Palestine)
Highway 60 or (כביש שישים, Kvish Shishim; الطريق السريع ستين at-Tariq as-Sarie Sitiin) is a south–north intercity road in Israel and the Palestinian West Bank that stretches from Beersheba to Nazareth.
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Homs
Homs (حِمْص / ALA-LC:; Levantine Arabic: حُمْص / Ḥomṣ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa (Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. Nablus and Homs are Levant.
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Hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.
Humanities
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including certain fundamental questions asked by humans.
Huwara
Huwara or Howwarah (Ḥuwwārah) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. Nablus and Huwara are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
Huwara checkpoint
The Huwara checkpoint (מחסום חווארה; حاجز حوارة) is a formerly major checkpoint operated by the Israel Defense Forces at one of the four main exits of Nablus.
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Ibn Battuta
Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī (24 February 13041368/1369), commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar.
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
Ibrahim Pasha (إبراهيمباشا Ibrāhīm Bāshā; 1789 – 10 November 1848) was an Egyptian general and politician; he was the commander of both the Egyptian and Ottoman armies and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognized Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.
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Institute for Middle East Understanding
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) is a 501(c)(3) Pro-Palestinian non-profit advocacy organization.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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ISO 259
ISO 259 is a series of international standards for the romanization of Hebrew characters into Latin characters, dating to 1984, with updated ISO 259-2 (a simplification, disregarding several vowel signs, 1994) and ISO 259-3 (Phonemic Conversion, 1999).
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia. Nablus and Israel are Levant.
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה, HaLishka HaMerkazit LiStatistika; دائرة الإحصاء المركزية الإسرائيلية), abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education, and physical infrastructure.
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Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym, is the national military of the State of Israel.
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Israeli checkpoint
An Israeli checkpoint (makhsóm; ḥājiz) is a barrier erected by the Israeli Security Forces, primarily today part of the system of West Bank closures in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Israeli Ground Forces
The Israeli Ground Forces (זרוע היבשה) are the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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Israeli occupation of the West Bank
The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then ruled by Jordan, during the Six-Day War.
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Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories.
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Israeli West Bank barrier
The Israeli West Bank barrier, comprising the West Bank Wall and the West Bank fence, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank.
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Ithamar
In the Torah, Ithamar (palm tree isle) was the fourth (and the youngest) son of Aaron the High Priest.
Jacob's Well
Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.
Jaffa
Jaffa (Yāfō,; Yāfā), also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part.
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Jamma'in
Jamma'in (جمّاعين) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located southwest of Nablus, northwest of Salfit and north of Ramallah. Nablus and Jamma'in are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
Jazzar Pasha
Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar (أحمد باشا الجزّار, c. 1720–30s7 May 1804) was the Acre-based Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet from 1776 until his death in 1804 and the simultaneous governor of Damascus Eyalet in 1785–1786, 1790–1795, 1798–1799, and 1803–1804.
Jenin
Jenin (جنين) is a city in the State of Palestine, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Nablus and Jenin are cities in the West Bank, Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Palestinian Christian communities.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
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Jewish Underground
The Jewish Underground (המחתרת היהודית HaMakhteret HaYehudit), or in abbreviated form, simply makhteret,David S. New, McFarland, 2001, p. 143.
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
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Jezreel Valley railway
The Jezreel Valley railway, or the Valley Train (רַכֶּבֶת הָעֵמֶק, Rakevet HaEmek; khaṭṭ sikkat ḥadīd Ḥayfa–Dar‘a) was a railroad that existed in Ottoman and British Palestine, reconstituted as a modern railway in Israel in the 21st century.
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Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Nablus and Jordan are Levant.
Jordan Valley
The Jordan Valley (Ghawr al-Urdunn; Emek HaYarden) forms part of the larger Jordan Rift Valley.
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
The Jordanian administration of the West Bank officially began on April 24, 1950, and ended with the decision to sever ties on July 31, 1988. Nablus and Jordanian annexation of the West Bank are history of Palestine (region).
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Jordanian dinar
The Jordanian dinar (دينار أردني; code: JOD; unofficially abbreviated as JD) has been the currency of Jordan since 1950.
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Joseph's Tomb
Joseph's Tomb (קבר יוסף, Qever Yosef; قبر يوسف, Qabr Yūsuf) is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 metres northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Josephus
Flavius Josephus (Ἰώσηπος,; AD 37 – 100) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader.
Judaean Mountains
The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills (translit) or the Hebron Mountains (lit), are a mountain range in Israel and the West Bank where Jerusalem, Hebron and several other biblical cities are located.
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Judea
Judea or Judaea (Ἰουδαία,; Iudaea) is a mountainous region of the Levant.
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Julianus ben Sabar
Julianus ben Sabar (also known as Julian or Julianus ben Sahir and Latinized as Iulianus Sabarides) was a leader of the Samaritans, seen widely as being the Taheb who led a failed revolt against the Byzantine Empire during the early 6th century.
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Justin Martyr
Justin, known posthumously as Justin Martyr (Ioustinos ho martys), also known as Justin the Philosopher, was an early Christian apologist and philosopher.
Justinian I
Justinian I (Iūstīniānus,; Ioustinianós,; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
Juvenal of Jerusalem
Saint Juvenal was Bishop of Jerusalem from 422.
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Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
The Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Muhammed-krisen) began after the Danish newspaper published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam.
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Kafr Qaddum
Kafr Qaddum (كفر قدّوم) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located 13 kilometers west of Nablus and 17 kilometers east of Qalqilya in the Qalqilya Governorate. Nablus and Kafr Qaddum are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander.
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Khan al-Tujjar (Nablus)
Khan al-Tujjar (Merchant's Caravanserai) is a 15th century caravanserai in the Palestinian city of Nablus.
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Khasavyurt
Khasavyurt is a city in Dagestan, Russia.
Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as the Latin Kingdom, was a Crusader state that was established in the Levant immediately after the First Crusade.
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Knafeh
Knafeh (كنافة) is a traditional Arabic dessert, made with spun pastry called kataifi, soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream, pistachio or nuts, depending on the region.
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
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Latin script
The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia.
Lille
Lille (Rijsel; Lile; Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.
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Linen
Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.
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List of cities administered by the Palestinian Authority
The following is a list of cities administered by the Palestinian National Authority. Nablus and list of cities administered by the Palestinian Authority are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
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List of Palestinian suicide attacks
This article contains a non-comprehensive list of Palestinian suicide attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals and militant groups, usually against Israeli civilian targets.
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List of people from Nablus
The following list includes notable people from the city of Nablus.
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List of universities and colleges in the State of Palestine
This is a list of universities and colleges in the State of Palestine, which comprises both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Lod
Lod (לוד, or fully vocalized לֹד; al-Lidd or), also known as Lydda (Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel.
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Loom
A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry.
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Mamluk Sultanate
The Mamluk Sultanate (translit), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries.
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Manara Clock Tower
The Manara Clock Tower or al-Manura clock tower (برج الساعة) is a clock tower located in the middle of the central square (casbah) in the Old City of Nablus next to the An-Nasr Mosque in the Palestine.
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
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Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.
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Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people.
Mütesellim
Mütesellim or mutesellim (متسلم) was an Ottoman gubernatorial title used to describe mainly the head of a ''nahiye'', but also other positions within the Ottoman hierarchy, depending on the context.
Mecca
Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.
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Medina
Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. Nablus and Medina are historic Jewish communities.
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
Melisende (1105 – 11 September 1161) was Queen of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1153, and regent for her son between 1153 and 1161, while he was on campaign.
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Metropolitan City of Florence
The Metropolitan City of Florence (città metropolitana di Firenze) is an administrative division called metropolitan city in the Tuscany region of Italy.
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Monophysitism
Monophysitism or monophysism (from Greek μόνος, "solitary" and φύσις, "nature") is a Christology that states that in the person of the incarnated Word (that is, in Jesus Christ) there was only one nature—the divine.
Mosque
A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.
Mosul
Mosul (al-Mawṣil,,; translit; Musul; Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate.
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Mount Ebal
Mount Ebal (הַר עֵיבָל Har ʿĒyḇāl; جَبَلُ عَيْبال Jabal ‘Aybāl) is one of the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the city of Nablus in the West Bank (biblical Shechem), and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the southern side being formed by Mount Gerizim.
Mount Gerizim
Mount Gerizim (Samaritan Hebrew: ʾĀ̊rgā̊rīzem; Hebrew: Har Gərīzīm; جَبَل جَرِزِيمJabal Jarizīm or جَبَلُ ٱلطُّورِ Jabal at-Ṭūr) is one of two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian city of Nablus and the biblical city of Shechem.
Muhammad Ali dynasty
The Muhammad Ali dynasty or the Alawiyya dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century.
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Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Muhammad Ali (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was an Ottoman Albanian governor and military commander who was the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of modern Egypt.
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Mulukhiyah
Mulukhiyah, also known as mulukhiyya, molokhiyya, melokhiyya, or ewédú, is a type of jute plant and a dish made from the leaves of Corchorus olitorius, commonly known in English as jute, jute leaves, jute mallow, nalta jute, or tossa jute.
Muslim conquest of the Levant
The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.
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Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
Nablus
Nablus (Nāblus; Šəḵem, ISO 259-3:,; Samaritan Hebrew: script, romanized:; Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 156,906. Nablus and Nablus are Canaanite cities, cities in the West Bank, historic Jewish communities, history of Palestine (region), Levant, Municipalities of the State of Palestine, Nablus Governorate and Palestinian Christian communities.
Nablus Governorate
The Nablus Governorate (محافظة نابلس) is an administrative district of Palestine located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53 km north of Jerusalem.
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Nablus Sanjak
The Nablus Sanjak (سنجق نابلس; Nablus Sancağı) was an administrative area that existed throughout Ottoman rule in the Levant (1517–1917).
Nabulsi cheese
Nabulsi (or naboulsi) is a Palestinian white brined cheeses made in the Middle East.
Nabulsi soap
Nabulsi soap (صابون نابلسي, ṣābūn Nābulsi) is a type of castile soap produced in Nablus in the West Bank, Palestine.
Nahiyah
A nāḥiyah (نَاحِيَة, plural nawāḥī نَوَاحِي), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns.
Naples
Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.
Natural History (Pliny)
The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.
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Nazareth
Nazareth (النَّاصِرَة|an-Nāṣira; נָצְרַת|Nāṣəraṯ; Naṣrath) is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel.
Odala
Odala (اودلة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. Nablus and Odala are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
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Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe after 1493, when Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas.
Olive
The olive, botanical name Olea europaea, meaning 'European olive', is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin.
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Olive oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained by pressing whole olives, the fruit of Olea europaea, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, and extracting the oil.
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer.
Operation Defensive Shield
Operation Defensive Shield (מִבְצָע חוֹמַת מָגֵן) was a 2002 Israeli military operation in the West Bank, carried out amidst the Second Intifada.
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Operation Determined Path
Operation "Determined Path" (translit) was a military operation carried out by the Israel Defense Forces, starting June 22, 2002, following Operation "Defensive Shield", with the goal of reaching some of the unreached objectives set forth for Defensive Shield, especially in the northern West Bank.
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Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords are a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba, Egypt, in 1995.
Oslo II Accord
The Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip commonly known as Oslo II or Oslo 2, was a key and complex agreement in the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.
Ottoman Egypt
Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Ottoman Syria
Ottoman Syria (سوريا العثمانية) was a group of divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of Syria, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south of the Taurus Mountains.
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517)
The Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–1517 was the second major conflict between the Egypt-based Mamluk Sultanate and the Ottoman Empire, which led to the fall of the Mamluk Sultanate and the incorporation of the Levant, Egypt, and the Hejaz as provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
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Paganism
Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.
Palaestina Prima
Palaestina Prima or Palaestina I was a Byzantine province that existed from the late 4th century until the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s, in the region of Palestine.
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Palestine Exchange
The Palestine Exchange (PEX) (translit) is a stock exchange based in Nablus in the Palestinian territories.
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Palestine Exploration Fund
The Palestine Exploration Fund is a British society based in London. Nablus and Palestine Exploration Fund are history of Palestine (region).
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Palestine grid
The Palestine grid was the geographic coordinate system used by the Survey Department of Palestine.
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people; i.e. the globally dispersed population, not just those in the Palestinian territories who are represented by the Palestinian Authority.
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Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs
The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA; الجمعية الفلسطينية الأكاديمية للشؤون الدولية) was founded in Jerusalem in March 1987 by Dr.
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Palestinian Authority
The Palestinian Authority, officially known as the Palestinian National Authority or the State of Palestine, is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a consequence of the 1993–1995 Oslo Accords.
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; translit) is the official statistical institution of the State of Palestine.
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Palestinian Christians
Palestinian Christians (مَسِيحِيُّون فِلَسْطِينِيُّون) are a religious community of the Palestinian people consisting of those who identify as Christians, including those who are cultural Christians in addition to those who actively adhere to Christianity.
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Palestinian Civil Police Force
The Palestinian Civil Police Force (PCP; الشرطة المدنية الفلسطينية, al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah) is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed by the Palestinian National Authority.
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Palestinian cuisine
Palestinian cuisine consists of foods from or commonly eaten by Palestinians, whether in Palestine, Israel, Jordan, or refugee camps in nearby countries, or by the Palestinian diaspora.
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Palestinian enclaves
The Palestinian enclaves are areas in the West Bank designated for Palestinians under a variety of unsuccessful U.S. and Israeli-led proposals to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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Palestinian handicrafts
Palestinian handicrafts are handicrafts produced by Palestinian people or individuals. Nablus and Palestinian handicrafts are history of Palestine (region).
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Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the Palestinian National Authority is the branch of the Palestinian government in charge of managing the education in Palestine.
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Palestinian nationalism
Palestinian nationalism is the national movement of the Palestinian people that espouses self-determination and sovereignty over the region of Palestine.
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Palestinian People's Party
The Palestinian People's Party (PPP; حزب الشعب الفلسطيني Hizb ash-Sha'b al-Filastini), founded in 1982 as the Palestinian Communist Party, is a socialist political party in Palestine and among the Palestinian diaspora.
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Palestinian refugee camps
Camps are set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to accommodate Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA, who fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War or in the aftermath of the Six-Day War in 1967, and their patrilineal descendants.
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Palestinian refugees
Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country over the course of the 1947–1949 Palestine war (1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight) and the Six-Day War (1967 Palestinian exodus).
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Palestinian traditional costumes
Palestinian traditional clothing are the types of clothing historically and sometimes still presently worn by Palestinians.
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Palestinians
Palestinians (al-Filasṭīniyyūn) or Palestinian people (label), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs (label), are an Arab ethnonational group native to Palestine.
Passion of Jesus
The Passion (from Latin patior, "to suffer, bear, endure") is the short final period before the death of Jesus, described in the four canonical gospels.
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Passover massacre
The Passover massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel on 27 March 2002, during a Passover seder.
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Passover Seder
The Passover Seder is a ritual feast at the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Peasants' revolt in Palestine
The Peasants' Revolt was a rebellion against Egyptian conscription and taxation policies in Palestine.
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Persians
The Persians--> are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran.
Perugia
Perugia (Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber.
Pescennius Niger
Gaius Pescennius Niger (c. 135 – 194) was a Roman usurper from 193 to 194 during the Year of the Five Emperors.
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Philip the Arab
Philip the Arab (Marcus Julius Philippus "Arabs"; 204 – September 249) was Roman emperor from 244 to 249.
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Phinehas
According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas (also spelled Phineas,;, Phinees) was a priest during the Israelites' Exodus journey.
Platonism
Platonism is the philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, though contemporary Platonists do not necessarily accept all doctrines of Plato.
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.
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Pomegranate
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP; translit) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary socialist organization founded in 1967 by George Habash.
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Poznań
Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region.
Qalqilya
Qalqilya or Qalqiliya (Qalqīlyaḧ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. Nablus and Qalqilya are cities in the West Bank.
Qasim al-Ahmad
Qasim Pasha al-Ahmad (died 1834) was the chief of the Jamma'in subdistrict of Jabal Nablus during the Ottoman and Egyptian periods in Palestine in the mid-19th century.
Queen Alia International Airport
Queen Alia International Airport (Maṭār al-Malika ʿAlyāʾ ad-Dawaliyy) is an international airport located in Zizya, 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Amman, the capital city of Jordan, as well as the largest city in the nation.
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Rabat
Rabat (also,; ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.
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Rafidia Surgical Hospital
Rafidia Surgical Hospital (مستشفى رفيديا الجراحي الحكومي) is a government hospital in the Nablus city, West Bank, Palestine.
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Rafidiya
Rafidiya (رفيديا) is a neighborhood in the western part of the Palestinian city of Nablus. Nablus and Rafidiya are Nablus Governorate and Palestinian Christian communities.
Rashidun army
The Rashidun army was the core of the Rashidun Caliphate's armed forces during the early Muslim conquests in the 7th century.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Roman theatre (structure)
Roman theatres derive from and are part of the overall evolution of earlier Greek theatres.
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Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
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Rubber bullet
Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds) are a type of baton round.
Safed
Safed (also known as Tzfat; צְפַת, Ṣəfaṯ; صفد, Ṣafad) is a city in the Northern District of Israel.
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Saint
In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.
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Saint Amun
Ammon, Amun (Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ), Ammonas (Ἀμμώνας), Amoun (Ἀμοῦν), or Ammonius the Hermit (Ἀμμώνιος) was a 4th-century Christian ascetic and the founder of one of the most celebrated monastic communities in Egypt.
Saladin
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (– 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
Samaria
Samaria is the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shomron (translit), used as a historical and biblical name for the central region of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north.
Samaritan Hebrew
Samaritan Hebrew is a reading tradition used liturgically by the Samaritans for reading the Ancient Hebrew language of the Samaritan Pentateuch, in contrast to Tiberian Hebrew among the Jewish people.
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Samaritan revolts
The Samaritan revolts (c. 484–573) were a series of insurrections in Palaestina Prima province, launched by the Samaritans against the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Samaritans
The Samaritans (שומרונים; السامريون), often prefering to be called Israelite Samaritans, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East.
San Bevignate
San Bevignate is a church in Perugia, Umbria, central Italy.
Sanjak
A sanjak (سنجاق,, "flag, banner") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
Science
Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.
Sebastia, Nablus
Sebastia (سبسطية, Sabastiyah;, Sevasti;, Sebastiya; Sebaste) is a Palestinian village of about 3,205 inhabitants, located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, some 12 kilometers northwest of the city of Nablus. Nablus and Sebastia, Nablus are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
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Second Intifada
The Second Intifada (lit; האינתיפאדה השנייה), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major uprising by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation, characterized by a period of heightened violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel between 2000 and 2005.
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Septimius Severus
Lucius Septimius Severus (11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was a Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211.
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Serapis
Serapis or Sarapis is a Graeco-Egyptian god.
Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Ottoman Seventh Army was a large military formation of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Sharon plain
The Sharon plain (translit) is the central section of the Israeli coastal plain.
Shechem
Shechem (Šəḵem; Samaritan Hebrew: script), also spelled Sichem (Sykhém) was an ancient city in the southern Levant. Nablus and Shechem are Canaanite cities.
Shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores.
Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.
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Sinai and Palestine campaign
The Sinai and Palestine campaign was part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, taking place between January 1915 and October 1918.
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Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (سِينَاء; سينا; Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.
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Sipahi
The sipahi were professional cavalrymen deployed by the Seljuk Turks and later by the Ottoman Empire.
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.
Southern Levant
The Southern Levant is a geographical region encompassing the southern half of the Levant. Nablus and southern Levant are Levant.
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State of Palestine
Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia, encompassing the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, within the larger historic Palestine region. Nablus and State of Palestine are Levant.
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Stavanger
Stavanger (US usually) is a city and municipality in Norway.
Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
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Supreme Muslim Council
The Supreme Muslim Council (SMC; المجلس الإسلامي الاعلى) was the highest body in charge of Muslim community affairs in Mandatory Palestine under British control. Nablus and Supreme Muslim Council are history of Palestine (region).
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Syria vilayet
The Vilayet of Syria (ولاية سوريا.; Vilâyet-i Sûriye), also known as Vilayet of Damascus,.
Syriac language
The Syriac language (Leššānā Suryāyā), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), the Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and Aramaic (Aramāyā), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer to the dialect's literary usage and standardization, distinguishing it from other Aramaic dialects also known as 'Syriac' or 'Syrian'.
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Tammun
Tammun (طمّون) is a Palestinian town in the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 13 kilometers northeast of Nablus and five kilometers south of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank. Nablus and Tammun are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Tancred, Prince of Galilee
Tancred (1075 – December 5 or December 12, 1112) was an Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch.
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Tax
A tax is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization to collectively fund government spending, public expenditures, or as a way to regulate and reduce negative externalities.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
Tell Balata
Tell Balata (تل بلاطة) is the site of the remains of an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city, identified since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem.
Tell, Nablus
Tell (تلّ), pronounced Till, is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located five kilometers southwest of Nablus. Nablus and Tell, Nablus are Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Nablus Governorate.
The Jewish War
The Jewish War is a work of Jewish history written by Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian.
Toparches
Toparchēs (τοπάρχης, "place-ruler"), anglicized as toparch, is a Greek term for a governor or ruler of a district and was later applied to the territory where the toparch exercised his authority.
Touqan Palace
Touqan Palace (قصر طوقان) is one of the most important historical buildings in the city of Nablus, West Bank, Palestine.
Trebonianus Gallus
Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (206 – August 253) was Roman emperor from June 251 to August 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus.
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Tubas Governorate
The Tubas Governorate (Muḥāfaẓat Ṭūbās) is an administrative district of Palestine, in the northeastern West Bank.
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Tulkarm
Tulkarm or Tulkarem (طولكرم, Ṭūlkarm) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, the capital of the Tulkarm Governorate of the State of Palestine. Nablus and Tulkarm are cities in the West Bank and Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Tuqan family
The Tuqan clan (Ṭūqān; also variously romanized as Toukan, Touqan, Tukan, and Tokan) is a prominent Palestinian and Jordanian political and business family.
Turkish people
Turkish people or Turks (Türkler) are the largest Turkic people who speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
Ulama
In Islam, the ulama (the learned ones; singular ʿālim; feminine singular alimah; plural aalimath), also spelled ulema, are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law.
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Umar
Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644.
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Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.
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Umayyad Mosque
The Umayyad Mosque (al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.
United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ.
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate.
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UNRWA
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA, pronounced) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees.
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Vespasian
Vespasian (Vespasianus; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79.
Village Statistics, 1945
Village Statistics, 1945 was a joint survey work prepared by the Government Office of Statistics and the Department of Lands of the British Mandate Government for the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine which acted in early 1946.
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West Bank
The West Bank (aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip).
West Bank closures
The West Bank closure system is a series of obstacles including permanent and partially staffed checkpoints, concrete roadblocks and barriers, metal gates, earth mounds, tunnels, trenches, and an elaborate set of permit restrictions that controls and restricts Palestinian freedom of movement.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
XX Corps (United Kingdom)
The XX Corps was an army corps of the British Army during World War I.
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Ya'qubi
ʾAbū al-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim geographer.
Yaqut al-Hamawi
Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) (ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th–13th centuries).
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Yildirim Army Group
The Yildirim Army Group or Thunderbolt Army Group of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Yıldırım Ordular Grubu) or Army Group F (German: Heeresgruppe F) was an Army Group of the Ottoman Army during World War I. While being an Ottoman unit, it also contained the German Asia Corps.
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Zafer al-Masri
Zafer al-Masri (ظافر المصري; 1940 2 March 1986) was the Israel-appointed Mayor of Nablus, for a brief period of two months (January to March 1986).
Zahir al-Umar
Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani, alternatively spelled Daher al-Omar or Dahir al-Umar (translit, 1689/90 – 21 or 22 August 1775), was an Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century, while the region was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Zeno (emperor)
Zeno (Zénōn; – 9 April 491) was Eastern Roman emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491.
Zeus
Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
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1922 census of Palestine
The 1922 census of Palestine was the first census carried out by the authorities of the British Mandate of Palestine, on 23 October 1922.
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1927 Jericho earthquake
The 1927 Jericho earthquake was a devastating event that shook Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan on July 11 at.
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1929 Palestine riots
The 1929 Palestine riots, Buraq Uprising (ثورة البراق) or the Events of 1929 (מאורעות תרפ"ט,, lit. Events of 5689 Anno Mundi), was a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 in which a longstanding dispute between Palestinian Arabs and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into violence.
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1931 census of Palestine
The 1931 census of Palestine was the second census carried out by the authorities of Mandatory Palestine.
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1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
A popular uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine against the British administration of the Palestine Mandate, later known as the Great Revolt, the Great Palestinian Revolt, or the Palestinian Revolution, lasted from 1936 until 1939.
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1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war.
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2006 Gaza–Israel conflict
The 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict, known in Israel as Operation Summer Rains (translit), was a series of battles between Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during summer 2006, prompted by the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit by Palestinian militants on 25 June 2006.
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See also
Cities in the West Bank
- Abu Dis
- Ad-Dhahiriya
- Al-Bireh
- Al-Ram
- Al-Yamun
- As-Samu
- Bani Na'im
- Beit Jala
- Beit Sahour
- Beitar Illit
- Beitunia
- Bethany
- Bethlehem
- Dura, Hebron
- East Jerusalem
- Halhul
- Hebron
- Idna
- Jenin
- Jericho
- Ma'ale Adumim
- Modi'in Illit
- Nablus
- Qabatiya
- Qalqilya
- Ramallah
- Rawabi
- Sa'ir
- Salfit
- Tarqumiyah
- Tubas (city)
- Tulkarm
- Ya'bad
- Yatta, Hebron
Palestinian Christian communities
- Aboud
- Beit Jala
- Beit Sahour
- Bethlehem
- Birzeit
- Christian Quarter
- Ein 'Arik
- Gaza City
- Jenin
- Jericho
- Jifna
- Nablus
- Nisf Jubeil
- Rafidiya
- Ramallah
- Talbiya
- Taybeh
- Zababdeh
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