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| | Palestine (region) Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ DirtyArt.com (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Several names for the region are found in the Hebrew Bible: Eretz Yisrael "Land of Israel", Eretz Ha-Ivrim "land of the Hebrews", "land flowing with milk and honey", "land that [God] swore to your fathers to assign to you", "Holy Land", "Promised Land", and "land of the Lord". |
 | | The Philistines occupied the southern coast of the region disappearing as a distinct group by the Assyrian period. |
 | | Jund Filastin (Arabic جند فلسطين, literally "the army or military district of Palestine") was a region extending from the Sinai to south of the plain of Acre. |
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