Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine

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Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine. (Tevuot HaAretz)
By Rabbi Joseph Schwarz

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Preface
The Boundaries of Palestine
The Boundaries of Palestine as Given in Numbers 34:3
The Boundaries of Palestine in the Time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Division of Palestine Among the 12 Tribes
Division of Judah
Towns of Judah
The Lowland, or the Valley
The Towns in the Mountains
The Towns in the Desert
The Towns Mentioned in the Maccabees
Towns in the Land of the Philistines
Simeon
Benjamin
The Cities of Benjamin
Dan
The sons of Joseph
Menasseh
Names of the Towns of the sons of Joseph
Ramah in the Mountain of Ephraim
The Possession of Menasseh
Issachar
Issachar in the Talmud
Zebulun
Naphtali
Asher
Position of the Territories of Naphtali and Asher
Map of Palestine
The Seas, Rivers, Mountains and Valleys of Palestine
The Seas
The Rivers
The Mountains
Lebanon
Galilee
The Valleys
Jerusalem
The Gates
The Walls
The Temple Mount
The Springs and Pools
The Fort Kallai
The People
The Family Pharchi
Hebron
Zefad
Tiberias
History of Palestine
Period I : From the Destruction of the Temple by Titus to the Mahomedan Conquest
Period II: From the Mahomedan Conquest to the First Crusade
Period III: From the Reign of the Europeans to Sultan Seliman
Period IV: From the Reign of Sultan Seliman (1520) to 1850
Jews and Muslims in Palestine