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Palestine
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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small territory on the SE. corner of the Mediterranean, about the size of Wales, being 140 m. from N. to S., and an average of 70 m. from E. to W., is bounded on the N. by Lebanon, on the E. by the Jordan Valley, on the S. by the Sinaitic Desert, and on the W. by the sea; there is great diversity of climate throughout its extent owing to the great diversity of level, and its flora and fauna are of corresponding range; it suffered much during the wars between the Eastern monarchies and Egypt, and in the wars between the Crescent and the Cross, and is now by a strange fate in the hands of the Turk; it has in recent times been the theatre of extensive exploring operations in the interest of its early history.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Palestine'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/palestine.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Palestine'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/palestine.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
