Since Israel has been in the news quite a bit lately, and for good reason since it will be the fuse for the next world war, I thought I would give a brief history of Israel to clear a few things up.

Israel became a Kingdom in 1000 b.c, http://pradabagsus.webs.com/ - Prada Bags . It ceased being a kingdom in about 497 b, http://discountcoachoutletstore.webs.com/ - Discount Coach .c. when the Babylonians took Jerusalem and the remaining tribes of Judah and Benjamin along with them back to Babylon. This area, which would be known as Palestine by the Romans, passed through the hands of empires such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, http://discountcoachoutletstore.webs.com/ - Coach Outlet , Greeks, and then the Romans. Starting in 634 b, http://celinehandbagsus.blogspot.com/ - http://celinehandbagsus.blogspot.com/ .c., Palestine was taken by the Muslims and became part of the Ottoman Empire until the end of World War I, when Britain captured the area in 1917. There were no countries in the Ottoman Empire, just provinces; that means that there never was an Arab or Palestinian country in this area during this time or ever before.

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