|
Time Period |
Ruling Party |
|---|---|
|
Middle Stone Age |
Natufians |
|
Stone Age to Copper Age |
Ghassulians |
|
2000 BCE~1514 BCE |
Canaanites |
|
1514 BCE-mid 1000s BCE |
Egypt (concurrent with Philistine immigrants) |
|
mid 1000s BCE-722 BCE |
Israelites |
|
722 BCE-539 BCE |
Assyrians and Babylonians |
|
539 BCE-332 BCE |
Persian Empire |
|
332 BCE-63 BCE |
Alexander the Great, Ptolemies, Seleucids, and Hellenistic Age |
|
63 BCE-640 CE |
Romans and Byzantines |
|
640-1100 |
Arab Caliphates |
|
1100-1291 |
Crusaders |
|
1291-1516 |
Mamluks |
|
1516-1917 |
Ottoman Empire |
|
1917-1948 |
British Empire |
|
1948-present |
Israel |
The question of indigeneity is difficult in a cosmopolitan entrepôt
Ultimately, demographic figures for each time period would be ideal, but those records are not extant
In looking at the ruling party of each time period, this does not account for various levels of autonomy, governorship, etc. allowed to local populations
The Bible alone is not a historical source
