Existed: 29 September 1923 - 14 May 1948
Status: League of Nations mandate
Capital: Jerusalem
Where: Northern Middle East
Now: Independent nations of Israel and Jordan, and territories of Gaza Strip and West Bank
- Part of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine was entirely occupied by Britain on 26th September 1918.
- On 24th July 1922, the League of Nations agreed that Palestine would become a British-controlled mandate.
- On 26th May 1923, the land to the east of the River Jordan became governed separately as Transjordan.
- On 29th September 1923, the League of Nations mandate took effect. Legally Transjordan was still part of the Palestine mandate, but in effect it was treated as a separate entity.
- On 28th February 1928, Transjordan became independent from Palestine.
- On 14th May 1948, Palestine gained independence from Britain as the independent Jewish state of Israel.
- Today, the land of Palestine is divided into the independent nations of Israel and Jordan, and the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
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