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3000 BCE-1AD
a. Languages – Form of Hebrewb. Political Rule - Political and Tribal Issues – Under Egyptian Rulec. Visual or Performing Arts - art and literature illustrate a mixture of many elements: Egyptian, Mycenaean, Cretan, Hurrian, and Mesopotamian.d. Literature - art and literature illustrate a mixture of many elements: Egyptian, Mycenaean, Cretan, Hurrian, and Mesopotamian.e. Religions - religion is derived from a series of tablets discovered at Ras Shamra.f. Social/Economic/Medical - Neolithic -
1 AD-1450 AD
1 AD – 1450 ADa. Languages – Form of Hebrew b. Political Rule - Political and Tribal Issues - Palestine under Byzantine rule: Jerusalem and Palestine increasingly Christianized. c. Visual or Performing Arts – Paint and tribal writing d. Literature - Iudaea, which was formed by combining Judea proper with Samaria and Idumea.e. Religions - Palestine under Byzantine rule: Jerusalem and Palestine increasingly Christianized.f. Social/Economic/Medical - Mamluks succeed Ayyubids, ruling Palestine -
1450 AD - 1900 AD
Language- Form of Hebrew/ ArabicPolitical Rule - From 1517-1917 Turkey's Ottoman Empire controlled what is today Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine.Arts- Most Palestinian artists during this time were self-taught, painting landscapes and religious scenesLiterature - raditionally, Literature of Palestine shared the aesthetic ideals and modes of the mainstream Arab literature.Religion – Predominantly JewishSocial,Medical – The Jews had already begun mass immigration into Palestine in the 1880 -
1900 AD - 2008 AD
Language- Form of Hebrew/ArabicPolitical Rule - In 1923, the British divided Palestine into two administrative districts. Jews would be permitted only west of the Jordan River. Arts- The contemporary Palestinian art field has been characterized by Tal Ben Zvi as consisting of three major elementsLiterature- After the 1948 Palestinian exodus, poetry was transformed into a vehicle for political activismReligion- Jewish, Muslim, And ChristianSocial,Medical- the Arabs of that small remain -
Current
Political - After WWII two states were created. The modern state of Israel and the modern state of Palestine. However after a series of wars the modern state of Israel currently controls much of the land originally allocated to the modern state of Palestine. It won't allow it to be self ruling and won't allow people displaced during various wars to return.Language- Form of Hebrew/ArabicArts- artists have played a crucial role in developing and expanding contemporary Palestinian art by pushing -
current cont......
. . . . for the acceptance of the Palestinian narrative in the mainstream art world despite setbacks due to various political contextsLiterature - Palestinian poets often write about the common theme of a strong affection and sense of loss and longing for a lost homelandReligion- Predominantly Muslim, then the remaining percent Jewish and ChristianSocial,Medical- Land Theft / Ethnic Cleansing / Apartheid / Racism