Gaza

Alternate Titles

• Histoire de Gaza

Description

"Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai desert on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Fatimids, the Mamluks, the Crusaders, and the Ottomans. Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine. In 1917, the British Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza, before establishing its mandate on Palestine. In 1948, 20,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza, a marginal area that neither Israel nor Egypt wanted. Palestinian nationalism grew there, and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Palestinian history" -- Publisher's website.

Subjects

Series Statement

• The series in Comparative politics and international studies
• Comparative politics and international studies series

Other Editions

• Gaza: a history2014-01-01
• GazaOxford University Press, Incorporated2014-01-01
• GazaOxford University Press, Incorporated2014-01-01
• GazaC. Hurst & Co.2014-01-01
• GazaC. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited2015-01-01
• GazaOxford University Press2016-01-01