Gaza has become synonymous with conflict and dispute.
Beginning with the Hyksos in 18th century BC, Filiu takes readers through modern times and the ongoing disputes of the region, ending with what may be in store for the future..
Jean-pierre Filiu\'s Gaza is the first complete History of the territory in any language.
Though small in size, Gaza\'s History is nothing short of monumental.
It is here that Palestinian nationalism grew and sprouted into a dream of statehood, a journey much filled with strife.
Then in 1948, 200,000 people sought refuge in Gaza - a marginal area neither Israel nor Egypt wanted.
Wedged between the Negev and Sinai deserts on one side and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Fatimids, Mamluks, Crusaders, and Ottomans.
Though only slightly larger than Omaha, Nebraska, at 140 square miles, the small territory of Gaza has been a hot spot for bitter disputes between sparring powers for millennia, from the Ancient Egyptians up until the British Empire and even today.
Gaza has become synonymous with conflict and dispute
