Bibliograph

Gaza, a history, Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by John King

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Gaza, a history, Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by John King

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and indexes

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gaza

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

875741792

Responsibility statement

Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by John King

Series statement

The series in Comparative politics and international studies

Sub title

a history

Summary

"Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai desert on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Fatimids, the Mamluks, the Crusaders, and the Ottomans. Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine. In 1917, the British Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza, before establishing its mandate on Palestine. In 1948, 20,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza, a marginal area that neither Israel nor Egypt wanted. Palestinian nationalism grew there, and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Palestinian history."--Publisher information

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