Ana amfani da sunan Falasdinu sosai, a koyaushe kuma ba tare da katsewa ba fiye da shekaru 1200 a zamanin dā da kuma lokacin Late Antiquity, daga kololuwar wayewar Athens ta zamanin dā a shekara 500 kafin haihuwar Annabi Isa, har zuwa ƙarshen zamanin Byzantine da mamayar Falasdinu da sojojin Musulmi suka yi a shekarar 637‒638 miladiyya.

Palestine was the name used most commonly, consistently and continuously for over 1200 years throughout classical and Late Antiquity, from the highlight of classical Athenian civilisation in 500 BC until the end of the Byzantine period and the occupation of Palestine by the Muslim armies in 637‒638 AD.

Yin musanya kalmar Cana’an mai ma’ana maras tabbas kuma maras daidaito da sunan yanki na tarihi da na hukuma na gaske, Palaestina, wanda aka yi amfani da shi a zamanin gargajiya da ya wuce shekaru dubu, zai zama kamar share tarihin wannan yanki, kuma zai haifar da manyan cikas ga fahimtar zamanin gargajiya da ƙarshen zamanin dā. Haka kuma, musanya Cana’an (wadda aka sani kawai na ɗan lokaci a ƙarshen Zamanin Tagulla) da Palaestina zai kawar da yiwuwar samun ingantaccen ilimin tarihi game da ɗaya daga cikin muhimman zamanai a tarihin dā na yankin, wato farkon Kiristanci da Falasɗinu ta zamanin Bizantiyya. Kiristanci na Bizantiyya mai magana da Helenanci a Falasɗinu ya fara ne a zamanin Sarkin Roma Constantine Babba (306–337 AZ), kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa farkon mulkin Musulmi a Falasɗinu a shekara ta 637–638 AZ.

To substitute the vague and imprecise term Cana’an for the real historical and official toponym Palaestina used during a classical period lasting over a millennium would be tantamount to the elimination of the history of this region and would create major obstacles to an understanding of Classical and Late Antiquity. The substitution of the term Cana’an (known only for a limited period during the Late Bronze Age) for Palaestina would also eliminate the possibility of any real historical knowledge of one of the most important periods in the ancient history of the region, namely early Christianity and Byzantine Palestine. Greek-speaking Byzantine Christianity in Palestine began in the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (306–337 AD) and lasted until the beginning of Muslim rule in Palestine in 637‒638 AD.