Equities and Trust, a class that resonated deeply with me during my law school years, delved into the crucial concept of equity. This principle, often associated with restorative justice, aims to rectify situations where individuals have been adversely affected by the strict interpretation of the law. It seeks to restore a party to the position they would have been in if a breach had not occurred. The use of tracing in seeking equitable resolutions is a testament to the importance of understanding the full context of a dispute, as arbitrarily picking a starting point can lead to an inequitable solution.
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Anyone seeking to understand the complexities of the Israel and Palestine conflict and develop an equitable solution must understand the history that led to current events. Let’s start our journey to discovering an equitable resolution to the Palestine and Israel conflict by tracing land ownership, beginning with the first known inhabitants of modern Israel and Palestine. Land ownership varies across time and culture; therefore, for our analysis, land ownership will be defined as the possession of property.
Archeological evidence reveals a fascinating chapter in the history of Palestine and Israel, where the Natufians emerged as the earliest known inhabitants. Their presence, dating back to the Prehistoric Periods, including the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) and Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), over 14,000 years ago, marks a significant milestone in our understanding of this region's past. This was a time when early hominins such as Neanderthals and Denisovans coexisted, and the woolly mammoth roamed the earth.
Forensic reconstruction of the Natufian-Jericho skull; A Aproximação Facial Forense do Crânio de Jericó; individual dated to c. 7000BP (9000 years old). Cicero Moraes, Thiago Leite Beaini, Moacir Elias Santos, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Natufians started as nomadic hunter-gatherers living in caves. They evolved into agricultural societies partly due to climate change at the end of the last ice age, inventing bread and becoming the earliest farmers. Natufians established settlements that became Jericho, the oldest city in the world, which was created about 9,000 B.C. The Natufians’ sedentary lifestyle during the Mesolithic period is believed to have played a significant role in their People and culture.
Do Natufians eventually merge with surrounding Peoples? Why did the Natufians disappear?
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References:
"The Natufian Culture in the Levant, Threshold to the Origins of Agriculture." Columbia University of the City of New York. December 6, 1998. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/anthropology/v1007/baryo.pdf.
"Jericho and Domestication." University of Idaho. Accessed October 6, 2023. https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~rfrey/PDF/220/Jaricho220.pdf.
Shurkin, Joel. "Ancient Society May Have Invented A Funeral Messaging Service." Inside Science. September 28, 2015. Accessed October 23, 2023 https://www.insidescience.org/news/ancient-society-may-have-invented-funeral-messagingservice#:~:text=Natufian%20society%20eventually%20disappeared%20but,faded%20into%20the%20surrounding%20population.
"NATUFIANS (12,500-9500 B.C.)." Facts And Details. March 2, 2022. Accessed October 6, 2023. https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub362/entry-6006.html.
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