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- Cities in the West Bank
- Throne villages
Akçe
The akçe or akça (also spelled akche, akcheh; آقچه;,, in Europe known as asper or aspre) was a silver coin which was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire.
Al-Bireh
Al-Bireh, al-Birah, or el-Bira (البيرة; also known historically as Castrum Mahomeria, Magna Mahomeria, Mahomeria Major, Birra, or Beirothah) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, north of Jerusalem. Beitunia and al-Bireh are Cities in the West Bank, Municipalities of the State of Palestine, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate and Throne villages.
Al-Judeira
Al-Judeira (جديره) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Israel, in the central West Bank. Beitunia and al-Judeira are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Albert Socin
Albert Socin (13 October 1844 in Basel – 24 June 1899 in Leipzig) was a Swiss orientalist, who specialized in the research of Neo-Aramaic, Kurdish and contemporary Arabic dialects.
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ; معهد الابحاث التطبيقية - القدس) is a Palestinian NGO founded in 1990 with its main office in Bethlehem in the West Bank.
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Arabic script
The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa.
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Area C (West Bank)
Area C (שטח C; منطقة ج) is the fully Israeli-controlled and only contiguous territory in the West Bank, defined as the whole area outside the Palestinian enclaves (Areas A and B).
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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.
Beit Duqqu
Beit Duqqu (بيت دقّو) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located northwest of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. Beitunia and Beit Duqqu are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Beit Horon
Beit Horon (בֵּית חוֹרוֹן) is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
Beit Surik
Beit Surik (بيت سوريك) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 12 kilometers Northwest of Jerusalem in the northern West Bank. Beitunia and Beit Surik are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Beitunia killings
The Beitunia killings refers to the consecutive killings of two Palestinian teenagers which took place on the occasion of the annual Nakba Day protests on May 15, 2014, near the Israeli Ofer Prison outside Beitunia in the occupied West Bank. Beitunia and Beitunia killings are Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate.
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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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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Cistern
A cistern is a space excavated in bedrock or soil designed for catching and storing water.
Claude Reignier Conder
Claude Reignier Conder (29 December 1848 – 16 February 1910) was an English soldier, explorer and antiquarian.
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Crocker & Brewster
Crocker & Brewster (1818–1876) was a leading publishing house in Boston, Massachusetts, during its 58-year existence.
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Crusader states
The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities that existed in the Levant from 1098 to 1291.
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Defter
A defter was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Department of Antiquities (Mandatory Palestine)
The Department of Antiquities was a department of the British administration of Mandatory Palestine from 1920 to 1948 that was in charge of the protection and investigation of archaeological remains and artefacts in Palestine.
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Dunam
A dunam (Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: دونم; dönüm; דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount of land that could be ploughed by a team of oxen in a day.
Edward Robinson (scholar)
Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, Biblical Researches in Palestine, the first major work in Biblical Geography and Biblical Archaeology, which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology." He studied in the United States and Germany, a center of biblical scholarship and exploration of the Bible as history.
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Félix-Marie Abel
Félix-Marie Abel (29 December 1878 – 24 March 1953) was a French archaeologist, a geographer, and a professor at the École Biblique in Jerusalem.
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Fief
A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.
Giv'at Ze'ev
Giv'at Ze'ev (גִּבְעַת זְאֵב) is an urban Israeli settlement BBC News, September 22, 2009.
Glossary of archaeology
This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains.
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Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon (1060 – 18 July 1100) was a preeminent leader of the First Crusade, and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100.
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Governorates of Palestine
The Governorates of Palestine (محافظات فلسطين) are the administrative divisions of the State of Palestine.
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Hizma
Hizma (حزما) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, seven kilometers from Jerusalem's Old City. Beitunia and Hizma are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
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 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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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
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.
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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.
Liwa (Arabic)
Liwa (لواء,, "ensign" or "banner") has developed various meanings in Arabic.
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Mamluk
Mamluk or Mamaluk (mamlūk (singular), مماليك, mamālīk (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties, serving the ruling Arab and Ottoman dynasties in the Muslim world.
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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Mosaic
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface.
Mosque Foundation
The Mosque Foundation is located in Bridgeview, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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Mukhtar
A mukhtar (chosen one; μουχτάρης) is a village chief in the Levant: "an old institution that goes back to the time of the Ottoman rule".
Municipality (Palestinian Authority)
A municipality (هيئة محلية) is an administrative unit of local government similar to a city. Beitunia and municipality (Palestinian Authority) are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
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Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
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.
Nahum Barnea
Nahum Barnea (נחום ברנע) (born October 23, 1944) is an Israeli journalist.
Olive oil extraction
Olive oil extraction is the process of extracting the olive oil present in olive drupes.
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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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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.
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.
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Palestine (region)
The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.
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Palestine Exploration Fund
The Palestine Exploration Fund is a British society based in London.
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Palestine grid
The Palestine grid was the geographic coordinate system used by the Survey Department of Palestine.
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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 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 territories
The Palestinian territories, also known as the Occupied Palestinian Territory, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.
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PEF Survey of Palestine
The PEF Survey of Palestine was a series of surveys carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) between 1872 and 1877 for the completed Survey of Western Palestine and in 1880 for the soon abandoned Survey of Eastern Palestine.
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Qalandia
Qalandia (قلنديا, קלנדיה), also Kalandiya, is a Palestinian village located in the West Bank, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, just west from the Jerusalem municipality boundary. Beitunia and Qalandia are Municipalities of the State of Palestine.
Ramallah
Ramallah (help|God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, that serves as the de facto administrative capital of the State of Palestine. Beitunia and Ramallah are Cities in the West Bank, Municipalities of the State of Palestine and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate.
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate (محافظة رامالله والبيرة) is one of 16 governorates of Palestine.
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Reinhold Röhricht
Gustav Reinhold Röhricht (18 November 1842 – 2 May 1905) was a German historian of the Crusades.
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Reservoir
A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Richard Pococke
Richard Pococke (19 November 1704 – 25 September 1765)Notes and Queries, p. 129.
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Rock-cut tomb
A rock-cut tomb is a burial chamber that is cut into an existing, naturally occurring rock formation, so a type of rock-cut architecture.
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Saladin
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (– 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
Seam Zone
Seam Zone (מרחב התפר) is a term used to refer to a land area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank located east of the Green Line and west of Israel's separation barrier, populated largely by Israelis in settlements such as Alfei Menashe, Ariel, Beit Arye, Modi'in Illit, Giv'at Ze'ev, Ma'ale Adumim, Beitar Illit and Efrat.
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.
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.
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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.
The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012.
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Vault (architecture)
In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.
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Victor Guérin
Victor Guérin (15 September 1821 – 21 September 1890) was a French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist.
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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).
Winepress
A winepress is a device used to extract juice from crushed grapes during winemaking.
Ynet
Ynet (stylized as ynet) is one of the major Israeli news and general-content websites, and is the online outlet for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
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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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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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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1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt, UN Doc S/1264/Corr.1 23 February 1949 Lebanon, UN Doc S/1296 23 March 1949 Jordan, UN Doc S/1302/Rev.1 3 April 1949 and Syria.
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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
Throne villages
- Abu Dis
- Abu Ghosh
- Abwein
- Al-Bireh
- Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya
- Al-Walaja
- Arraba, Jenin
- Bani Zeid al-Gharbia
- Bayt 'Itab
- Bayt Jibrin
- Beit Iksa
- Beit Wazan
- Beita, Nablus
- Beitunia
- Burqa, Nablus
- Deir Ibzi
- Deir Istiya
- Dura, Hebron
- Jalud
- Jamma'in
- Kafr Malik
- Kur, Tulkarm
- Majdal Yaba
- Ni'lin
- Ras Karkar
- Sanur, Jenin
- Sebastia, Nablus
- Throne villages
References
Also known as Baituniya, Baytunya, Beit Unia, Beitouna, Beituniya, Betunja, Bituniya, Bitunya, History of Beitunia, بيتونيا.