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Map of Palestine, 1588

16th century map of Palestine. North is towards upper right. Published in 1588, this German map shows the geography of Palestine, centred on the area that later become the state of Israel. The inscriptions are in German, and the place names are in Latin. These include ancient names like Petra, Coele Syria and Judea. The Dead Sea is at lower centre, and the Mediterranean coast is at left. Numerous towns and villages are shown on the map. The map is by the German cartographer Sebastian Munster (1489-1552), and was published in Basel in a posthumous edition of his Cosmographia, the earliest German atlas

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BALFOUR DECLARATION, 1917. The letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur

BALFOUR DECLARATION, 1917.
The letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild on November 2, 1917, setting forth British support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine

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Dynasties in the time of the Buwayids, circa 932 A.D., c1915. Creator: Emery Walker Ltd

Dynasties in the time of the Buwayids, circa 932 A.D., c1915. Map of civilisations in the Middle East during the 10th century: Byzantine, Buwayid Kingdom, Abbasid Caliphate, Kingdom of the Ikhshids, and other independent kingdoms. Also showing the eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caspian Sea, Black Sea and Persian Gulf. From "The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col. Sir Mark Sykes. [Macmillan & Co, London, 1915]

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