CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | xi
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| PART I | ||
| GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY | ||
| § 1. | Introductory | 1 |
| § 2. | Geography and Scenery | 2 |
| § 3. | Palestine in Biblical Times | 5 |
| § 4. | Palestine under Rome, Byzantium and the Arabs | 12 |
| § 5. | The Crusades | 15 |
| § 6. | Palestine under the Mamelukes and Turks | 21 |
| § 7. | Palestine under the British Mandate | 24
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| PART II | ||
| PEOPLES AND RELIGIONS | ||
| § 1. | Race and Language | 32 |
| § 2. | Population | 32 |
| § 3. | Arabs and Syrians | 34 |
| § 4. | Circassians, Bosnians and Magharbeh | 35 |
| § 5. | Islam in Palestine | 36 |
| § 6. | The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem | 39 |
| § 7. | The Latin Church in Palestine | 41 |
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