Atlas of Israel

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Atlas-country Israel

ישראל إسرائيل עברית ישראל - מדינת ישראל מדינת ישראל (ערבית: دولة إسرائيل, תעתיק: דאולת איסראאיל) היא דמוקרטיה פרלמנטרית הנמצאת במזרח התיכון, לחוף הים התיכון ומוגדרת כמדינה יהודית ודמוקרטית. רוב תושבי המדינה הם יהודים, אך יש בה מיעוט גדול של ערבים מוסלמים, וקבוצות מיעוט אחרות. ישראל גובלת בים התיכון ובמצרים במערב, בים סוף בדרום, בירדן במזרח, בסוריה בצפון-מזרח ובלבנון בצפון. בין ישראל למצרים, לחוף הים התיכון, נמצאת רצועת עזה, שהיא שטח בשליטת הרשות הפלסטינית. באזור ההר המרכזי שבין ישראל לירדן נמצאת הגדה המערבית, הידועה גם כיהודה ושומרון, שטח שנמצא בשליטה משולבת של ישראל והרשות הפלסטינית ומעמדו הסופי טרם הוכרע. בין ישראל לסוריה נמצאת רמת הגולן, שטח שסופח לישראל ב-1967, אך סוריה ממשיכה לתבוע ריבונות עליו. العربية إسرائيل - دولة إسرائيل دولة إسرائيل (بالعبرية: מדינת ישראל; مدينات ايسرايل) هي ديمقراطية برلمانية في الشرق الأوسط تعتبر حسب قوانينها دولة يهودية وديمقراطية. يعتبر معظم مواطني الدولة يهودا بديانتهم أو بقوميتهم، ولكن من بينهم أقلية عربية كبيرة من المسلمين والمسيحيين وكذلك من الدروز ويطلق عليهم مسمى عرب إسرائيل. تأسست دولة إسرائيل في 14 أيار/مايو 1948م حيث تم إعلانها من قبل المجلس اليهودي الصهيوني في فلسطين في اليوم المتمم لفترة الانتداب البريطاني حسب قرار الأمم المتحدة، وفي ظل حرب بين العرب واليهود أسفرت عن النكبة الفلسطينية وإبادة الكثير من المدن والقرى الفلسطينية حيث أصبح سكانها لاجئين في الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة وفي بعض البلدان العربية. وقد أعلنت دولة إسرائيل هدفا لها استقبال اليهود الذين تم ترحيلهم من شرقي أوروبا خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية وتوطينهم في الدولة اليهودية، وكذلك استقبال اليهود من جميع أنحاء العالم. Русский Израиль - Государство Израиль Израиль — еврейское государство на Ближнем Востоке, на восточном побережье Средиземного моря. На севере граничит с Ливаном, на северо-востоке — с Сирией, на востоке — с Иорданией, на юго-западе — с Египтом. ייִדיש ארץ ישראל - מדינת ישׂראל ארץ ישראל איז דער אידישער לאנד אין מערב אזיע, אינערהאַלב די גרעניצן פֿון לאַנד, ארץ ישראל, עקזיסטירט הײַנט די שטאַט מדינת ישראל, געגרינדערט ה'תש"ח (1948) דורך די אינטערווענץ פֿון די ציוניסטישע פֿיהרער, הויפּטזעכליך טעראריסטישע באַנדעס. אנדערש ווי אלע לענדער, וואו דאָס לאַנד איז דאָס הײַמאָרט צו די אַלע וועלכע געהערן זיך אָהן צו די רעליגיע פֿון לאנד, איז אָבּער מדינת ישראל דעמאקראטיש וואס איז טיילווייז קעגנזאץ צו די אידישע רעליגיע, טראָצדעם וואָס זי טראָגט אויסערליך דעם Ladino Yisrael - Yisrael Medinat Yisrael es un estado en Asia mediocentral. La su kapital politika es Yerushalayim. Proklamada en 1980 komo kapital "unika e indivisible" de Yisrael, la majoria de los paises mantienen sus embasadas en Tel Aviv, ama su status komo kapital del Estado no a sido rekonosida internasionalmente, salvo por los Estados Unidos. Français Israël - État d’Israël Israël est un pays du Proche-Orient situé sur la côte orientale de la Méditerranée. Depuis sa création en 1948, il se définit comme l’État du peuple juif, héritier de l’Israël biblique. Il est le seul pays où l’hébreu est langue officielle ; son régime politique est de type démocratie parlementaire. L’État d’Israël a connu, depuis sa création en 1948, de successifs conflits armés avec les pays arabes voisins. English Israel - State of Israel The State of Israel is a country in the Western Asian Levant, on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders ► Lebanon on the north, ► Syria and ► Jordan on the east, and ► Egypt on the south-west. It has a population of over seven million people. Israel declared independence in 1948 and is the world's only Jewish state, although its citizens include many other religious backgrounds, among whom Christians and Muslims make up the most notable percentage. Israel has the ► Palestine territories of the West Bank and Gaza under control. Short name  Israel Official name State of Israel Status Independent country since 1948 Location Middle East Capital ירושלים (Jerusalem) القُدس Population 9,187,000 inhabitants Area 20,770 square kilometres (8,020 sq mi) Major languages Hebrew and Arabic (both official) Major religions Judaism and Islam More information Israel, Geography of Israel, History of Israel and Politics of Israel More images Israel - Israel (Category).

General maps

Map of Israel

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Map of Israel

Topographic map of Israel

Israel and the occupied territories

Israel and the disputed territories

Districts of Israel

Sub-districts of Israel

Natural regions

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Israel, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Israel.

Fertile Crescent

Akkadian Empire around 2000 BCE

The Hittite Empire (red) at the height of its power in ca. 1290 BCE, bordering on the Egyptian Empire (green)

The world as known to the Hebrews

Hittite Empire

Possible Exodus routesThe jewish exodus according to the Bible text. See also Stations list

1759 map of Israelite's tribal allottments.

Levant around 830 BCE.   Kingdom of Judah   Kingdom of Israel   Philistine city-states   Phoenician states   Kingdom of Ammon   Kingdom of Edom   Kingdom of Aram-Damascus   Aramean tribes   Arubu tribes   Nabatu tribes   Assyrian Empire   Kingdom of Moab

The region in the 9th century BCE.

The Assyrian Empire in the 9th to 7th centuries BCE

Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Kingdom of Edom 600 BCE

Early Israel

Israel and Iudeae (in Catalan)

Kingdom of Israel (in Catalan)

Various interpretations of the Biblical account of the extent of David's Empire

The Region in the 9th to 7th centuries BC

The Levant in 800 BCE

The Chaldean Empire around 600 BCE)

The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:   Kingdom of Ptolemy   Kingdom of Cassander   Kingdom of Lysimachus   Kingdom of Seleucus   Epirus Other states:   Carthage   Rome   Greek colonies

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

Kingdoms under Herod the Great, highlighted in red

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of Palestine

Roman conquest of Minor Asia

Map of the Roman Empire in 50

The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;   133 BC   44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)   AD 14 (death of Augustus)   117 (maximum extension)

Palestine in the Roman Empire

Iudaea in the first century

Camps of the Roman Legions in 80

Decapolis

Roman Empire in 117

Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.

The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.   Western Roman Empire   Eastern Roman Empire

Division of the Roman Empire in 406

Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476

Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Byzantine Empire 550

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

The Seljuq Empire 1037-1194

The Crusader States

A political map of the w:en:Near East in 1135 CE

Ayyubid dynasty in 1189

The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

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Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801

Map of Palestine 1900 (in Russian)

British mandate of Palestine

Palestine and Transjordan

Palestine 1922

Peel Commission Partition Plan A, July 1937

Jewish zones in 1947

Jewish settlements in 1947

United Nations Partition Plan 1947

United Nations Partition Plan 1947

United Nations Partition Plan 1947 (in Hebrew)

Israel 1947-1949 (in French)

1948 Arab-Israeli War

June 1948

October 1948

October 1948

Dec 22, 1948 - Jan 07, 1949

Dec 22, 1948 - Jan 07, 1949 (detail)

Suez Crisis 1956: Conquest of Sinai

1967 Six-Day War: Battle of Golan Heights

Six-Day War: The Jordan salient

Six-Day War: Conquest of Sinai 7–8 June

1973 Yom Kippur war 1973: Golan heights theater

Yom Kippur war

Yom Kippur war

Israel and members of the Arab League (Comoros is not shown)   Gaza and West Bank   Israel   Arab Nations   Have been in war with Israel

Israel and members of the Arab League (Comoros is not shown)

Gaza and West Bank   Israel   Arab Nations   Have been in war with Israel

Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Israeli West Bank barrier route as of May 2005. (Out of date. A newer map: [1])

Lebanon crisis 2006

Blue Line

Targets in Lebanon

Areas targeted inside Israel and Lebanon

Lebanese Areas Targeted 7-12 to 7-27

2006 conflict

Other maps

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  Jerusalem district
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  Haifa district
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  Tel-Aviv district
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  Central district
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  Northern district
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  Southern district

Satellite maps

Satellite map

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  Israel- geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities
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  Israeli Non-Arab Christians
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  Christians of the West Bank
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  Geographical distribution of the Arabic-speaking and Non-Arabic-speaking Muslim population of Israel by statistical area
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  Geographical distribution of the population of Israel having no official religious affiliation by statistical area.
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  Geographical distribution of the Arabic-speaking Christian population of Israel by statistical area
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  Geographical distribution of the Arabic-speaking Druze population of Israel by statistical area
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  Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Haifa and Northern districts
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  Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Central districts.
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  Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities of Southern district.

Notes and references

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