Glossary Updated

Edited, Revised, Updated.


Who?

Religious: Muslim ←→ Jew
Nationality: Palestinian ←→ Israeli
Ethnicity: Arab ←→ Hebrew



What?
Terrorism— an act of violence or threat of violence to further an agenda.
*Never going to be used alone! (Political, religious, economic, etc.)
Terrorist— a man or woman who partakes in an act of terrorism.
A People— a group of human beings sharing an identity trait.
Nation— A group of people with a shared ethnic identity associated with a territory.
Ethnicity— a group sharing a common and distinctive culture (religion, language, etc.)
Stateless Nation— a nation without a homeland.
A Nation-State— a nation that has a country to call its own; territory of a Nation.
State— a territory controlled by a government.
Country— a state, a piece of land without a specific demography/population.

Where?
Canaan- the western region of the Middle East, which subsume modern-day Israel, Lebanon, parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt, as well as adjacent coastal lands on the Mediterranean; Derived from the ancient use of the word.
Zion- biblical Jerusalem
Philistia—Greek term for the coastal region of the Mediterranean Sea (modern-day Gaza).
Provincia Judea—Roman name for the land of Canaan.
Provincia Syria Palaestina— “Provincia Syria Palaestina” post-Bar Kochva Revolt.
Palestine- refers to the rhetoric of Britain at the time of Mandates, derived from “Provincia Syria Palaestina” from the Romans.
Israel- Modern State (including its territories)
The Territories- West Bank, Gaza, Golan (Israel's post-Six Day War, 1967, borders minus Sinai).

When?
Define era's by decade and/or era (ex: ottoman empire era, the 50s, post-Israel, etc.)

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Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition
December 2000
Sol Steinmetz, Editorial Director
Charles M. Levine, Publisher

Ethnicity: Ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association
Sharing common distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like; origin, characteristics, classifications; MINORITY WITHIN A MAJORITY
Ethnography: branch of anthropology dealing with scientific description of individual cultures
Ethnohistory: branch of anthropology dealing with the development of cultures through archeological findings
Hebrew: a member of the Semitic peoples inhabiting ancient Palestine and claiming decent form Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite.
Arab: a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries in the Middle East; speakers of the Arabic language.
Palestinian: A native or inhabitant of Palestine; also called a Palestinian Arab. An arab advocating the establishment of an Arab homeland there.