Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine was a colony in Levant (Middle East) that lasted from 1920 to 1948 CE, about 28 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

British mandate bound to the Balfour Declaration's promise of a Jewish national home. Jewish immigration and Arab revolt led to the 1947 UN partition plan, and Britain withdrew in May 1948.

See Mandatory Palestine on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1920 to 1948 CE

Duration

28 years

Type

Colony

Region

Levant, Middle East

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Jerusalem

Came from

• Ottoman Syria and Palestine 1516 to 1918 CE

Became

• Israel 1948 CE to the present

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1923 Treaty of Lausanne
• 1948 Founding of Israel and the Nakba

Neighbours in Middle East

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Qajar dynasty 1789 to 1925 CE
• Republic of Turkey 1923 CE to the present
• Saudi Arabia 1932 CE to the present
• Syria 1946 CE to the present
• Israel 1948 CE to the present
• Soviet Transcaucasia 1920 to 1991 CE
• Pahlavi Iran 1925 to 1979 CE
• French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon 1920 to 1946 CE
• Sharifate of Mecca 967 to 1925 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia

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