History of Golan Heights

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The area has been contested for thousands of years. Originally known as Bashan the area was contested between the northern Jewish kingdom of Israel and the Aramean kingdom since the 800s BCE. King Ahab of Israel (reigned 874-852 BCE) defeated Ben-Hadad I in the southern Golan. In the 5th C BCE, the region was settled by returning Jewish exiles from Babylonia (modern Iraq). In the mid 2nd C BCE, [Judah Maccabee]? aided the local Jewish communities when they came under attack. Jewish expansion on the Heights continued until the Islamic conquest in 636.

Like a number of other regions, this area has been contested for thousands of years. Originally known as Bashan, the area was contested between Israel (the northern of the two Jewish kingdoms extant at that time) and the Aramean kingdom since the 800s BCE. King Ahab of Israel (reigned 874-852 BCE) defeated Ben-Hadad I in the southern Golan. In the 5th C BCE, the region was settled by returning Jewish exiles from Babylonia? (modern Iraq). In the mid 2nd C BCE, [Judah Maccabee]? aided the local Jewish communities when they came under attack. Jewish expansion on the Heights continued until the Islamic conquest in 636.

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The Jew did not return to the Golan until the 1880s, when a community called Ramataniya was started, but it failed within a year. In 1891, Baron Rothschild? purchased approximately 18,000 acres of land in what is now Syria. This area were farmed by Jews until 1947 when the land was seized by the Syrian army.

For various political and economic reasons, Jews were unable to return to the Golan until the 1880s, when a community called Ramataniya was started; it failed within a year. In 1891, Baron Rothschild? purchased approximately 18,000 acres of land in what is now Syria. This area were farmed by Jews until 1947 when the land was seized by the Syrian army.

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Most of the Golan Heights were included within [Mandatory Palestine]? when the Mandate was granted in 1922. The Heights became part of Syria at the end of the French mandate in 1944.

Most of the Golan Heights were included within the British mandate of Palestine when the mandate was granted in 1922. The Heights became part of Syria at the end of the French mandate in 1944.