GRG 305 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Jewish Diaspora, Camp David Accords, Six-Day War
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Lecture- israel and palestinians: history of the participants and the region. Area inhabited by canaanites & philistines until about 1020 bce. About 450 yrs. of jewish control 1020 to 587bce. Beginning of the diaspora (now means movement of any group away from its homeland, originally meant the jewish diaspora specifically) Control by various groups for the next 2500 years babylonians, persians, greeks, seleucids, romans, ottoman turks, etc. Emigration due to persecution lasts from 6th c. bce to 135 ce. Replacement of orthodox christianity: jerusalem falls in the 1200s and constantinople in 1453. Ottomans control the area for almost 500 years. Zionist movement grew from a hearth in switzerland with goal of re-settling palestine as their homeland. To your offspring i will give this land (genesis 12:7) All the land that you see i will give to you and your offspring forever (genesis 13:15) The sykes-picot agreement (carving up the spoils of war, 1916)
