Southern Syria - Palestine
Robert Laird Stewart, ' The Land of Israel ,' ( 1899 ,) p. 1 Palestine is the familiar designation of that section of Southern Syria which was permanently occupied by the tribes of Israel. The name, as originally used in the Bible and in Ancient history was limited to the land of the Philistines. https://books.google.com/books?id=o_oxAQAAMAAJ&pg =PA1 XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas. Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World. Volume 8, (Gebbie & Company 1901 ,) p.189 The principal river of South Syria (Palestine, which see) is the Jordan. https://books.google.com/books?id=BQZCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA189 The Encyclopaedia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Volume 22. ( 1888 ), p.821 Palestine is simply a portion of Syria... https://books.google.com/books?id=UqIMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA821 ____ W alter Laqueur, ' The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict ', (Penguin, 1970,) p. 336 by ...