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Golan Heights: Encyclopedia Ii - Golan Heights - Ancient History
The area has been occupied by many civilizations. During the 3rd millennium BCE the Amorites dominated and inhabited the Golan until the ...
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Golan Heights: Encyclopedia Ii - Golan Heights - History Since World War I
The boundary between the forthcoming British and French mandates was defined in broad terms by the Franco-British Boundary Agreement of D...
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Golan Heights: Encyclopedia Ii - Golan Heights - Current Status
The Israeli army captured the Heights and put them under military administration from 1967 until 1981, when the Knesset passed The Golan ...
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Golan Heights: Encyclopedia Ii - Golan Heights - Geography
Geographically, the Heights are bordered on the west by a rock escarpment that drops 1700 feet (500 m) to the Sea of Galilee and the Jord...
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