ABSTRACT

PALESTINE has been called 'the least of all lands', and within the limits set by the Mediterranean on the west, the deep rift of the Jordan valley on the east, the mountains of Lebanon on the north, and the Sinai desert on the south, it is geographically well defined. It lies on the western edge of the continent of Asia, between latitudes 29° 30' and 33° 17' N. and longitudes 34° 13' and 35° 42' E., and its political boundaries are with Syria and Lebanon on the north, with Syria and Transjordan on the east, and with the Sinai province of Egypt on the south-west. The greatest distance 'from north to south is about 270 miles, and from east to west a little under 70 miles. The area is about 10,000 square miles, including 261 of water: Lake Huleh, Lake Tiberias or the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea.