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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has roots that date back more than 8,000 years ago. During this time people in this land discovered methods of agriculture, which put a halt to the traditional hunters and gatherers. From the development of agriculture, came settled communities and civilized government (Kublin “Early History”). Before the beginning of Christianity, the Middle East had already seen the rise and decline of many famous empires (i.e. Egyptians, Babylonians, and Persians). Judaism, evolved among the Hebrews as the first monotheistic religion (Kublin “Early History”). Three centuries later, the Romans began their own conquest (Kublin “Greeks, Romans, Arabs”). This is when the conflict involving territory began. The name ‘Palestine’ was given to the land of Israel by a local Roman ruler who was defeated by a group of Jewish rebels (The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Sadly Unique “Territory”). This name was an attempt to destroy and eliminate any memory of the people of Israel and their biblical inheritance. When the Romans and Greeks invaded the Middle East, they displaced the Israelites from their homeland. The Palestinians, therefore, had no right to take land and homes from the Israelis. However, this was done long before they existed (The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Sadly Unique “Territory”). When the West Roman Empire collapsed, the Byzantine (Eastern) Empi

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