Part 1. The makers of its history : Jewish: The children of Israel -- Jewish: Judea under the Romans -- Pagan and Christian: Rome and Byzantium -- Muslim: the Arab conquest -- Christian interlude: the Crusades -- Muslim: the Mamluks -- Muslim: the Turks. -- Part 2. Its Meaning to three religions : The Promised Land of Judaism -- The Holy Land of Christianity -- The third Holy City of Islam and the Arab patrimony. -- Part 3. Modern Re-adjustment : Political history from Napoleon to 1914 -- Christian interests between 1815-1914 -- The birth of Arab nationalism and the local population -- The Jews and beginning of Zionist settlement. -- Part 4. The restoration of the balance : The First World War and its effects -- The British mandate -- The mandate breaks down and is abandoned -- The state of Israel and the Palestine Arabs -- Arab Palestine, the Christian community, and the state of Israel

1. Palestine -- History