ABSTRACT
Jerusalem was regarded as an ordinary sanjak.1 On the whole, it was part of the province
Modern theories of nationalism are full of contradictory and intriguing explanations for the birth of nations. On one point they all seem to agree-one should look for a set of complicated and measured socioeconomical and politico-cultural processes which have forged a new identity and novel interpretation of the human reality. One of the important features is the restructuring of a community’s boundaries in a way that corresponds to a shared history as well common language and customs, which together can be the precursors of the new national identity.
