Galilee , Hebrew Ha-galil , northernmost region of ancient Palestine, corresponding to modern north Israel . His biblical boundaries are unclear; conflicting readings leave only clear that it was part of the territory of the northern tribe of Naphtali.
Britannica Quiz The Middle East:Fact or Fiction? Is the literacy rate very high in Afghanistan? Does Yemen take its name from the Arabic word "northern"? Sort the facts in this quiz about Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries. The boundaries of this hilly area were defined by the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus (1st century n . Ch. ) Fixed . They were: ʿAkko ( Tomorrow ) and the Mount Carmel to the west; Samaria and Bet Sheʾan (Scythopolis) to the south; Transjordan to the east; and a line running through ancient Baca (probably modern Bezet) to the north, this line generally corresponding to the modern Israeli-Lebanese border. Some geographers extend the border of Galilee north to the Nahr al-Līṭānī (River Leontes).
Galilee is divided into two parts:Upper and Lower. Upper Galilee (capital:Ẕefat) has higher peaks separated by narrow gorges and gorges. Lower Galilee (capital:Nazareth) is a region of lower hills.
When the Israelites took possession of Palestine, the Canaanites were firmly established in Galilee. The Book of Judges (1:30–33) suggests that even after Joshua's conquest, Jews and Canaanites lived there together. During the reigns of David and Solomon (10th century v . Ch. ) Galilee was part of their expanded kingdom. then it came under the northern kingdom of Israel.
734 v. Added a Most of the Jewish population of Galilee after the Assyrian king's victory Tiglath-Pileser III. About the Kingdom of Israel exiled . Later the region was named Jugendheim Jesus and thereafter known as the site of most of his public service. Most of the miracles told in the New Testament were performed in Galilee. After the destruction of the Second Temple ( 70 n . Chr .) The Romans moved the center of Jewish scholarship in Palestine to Galilee.
Galilee became impoverished after the Arab conquest (636). In the Middle Ages was Ẕefat the main center of the Kabbalah , a esoteric Jewish mysticism.
The region's modern revival is the result of Zionist colonization. Starting with the village of Rosh Pinna (Hebrew:"corner stone") in 1882, a series of settlements were established; These proved to be important negotiating points in the incorporation of all of Galilee into British mandate (1920).
The Division plan of the United Nations (November 1947) saw the partition of Galilee between Israel and the never-created Arab state in Palestine before but after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War /49 everything went to Israel.
A major change in the physical geography of Palestine was made in the Galilee in the 1950s when the swampy Lakeula Lake north of the Sea of Galilee has been drained. The Ḥula valley has been converted into fertile farmland and the upper reaches of the Jordan straightened.