Falastin va Misr o'rtasidagi xalqaro savdo xalkolit davriga (miloddan avvalgi 4000–3200 yillar) borib taqaladi, bu davrda Falastin Misrga mis eksport qilgan. Shuningdek, shu davrga oid Falastin ("Kanaan") sopol buyumlarining katta miqdori Misrdan topilgan – Falastinda ishlab chiqarilib, ehtimol sharob va zaytun moyi idishi sifatida Misrga olib kelingan idishlar (Grainger 2016: 27).

The international trade between Palestine and Egypt dates back to the Chalcolithic period (4000‒3200 BC), during which Palestine exported copper to Egypt. Also, a large amount of Palestinian (‘Canaanite’) pottery from this period was discovered in Egypt – pots manufactured in Palestine and transported to Egypt presumably as containers of wine and olive oil (Grainger 2016: 27).

Biroq, Falastin nomi birinchi marta Kech Bronza davridagi Misr manbalarida, Ramses II va Ramses III hamda Merneptax hukmronligi davrida filistlarni nazorat ostiga olish uchun Misrning olib borgan kurashi bilan bog'liq holda uchraydi (miloddan avvalgi 1276‒1178).

However, the name Palestine first occurs in Egyptian sources from the Late Bronze Age in relation to the Egyptian struggle to control the Philistines during the reigns of Ramesses II and III and of Merneptah (1276‒1178

BC). Aslida, Falastin nomi qadimgi Peleset nomidan kelib chiqqan bo'lib, bu nom 3200 yil oldin hujjatlarda qayd etilgan va Levantning janubidagi xalqlarga nisbatan ishlatilgan. Ular Misr yozuvlarida, jumladan Merneptax stelasida tilga olingan "Liviyaliklar"ning ittifoqchilari edi. Stelada Misrning Liviyaga qarshi qozonilgan g'alabasi nishonlanadi. Liviyaliklarning bu ittifoqchilari orasida Peleset dan tashqari yana bir qancha xalqlar bo'lgan, ularning ba'zi nomlarini aniqlash mumkin. Bu nomlar orasida Shardana (Sardiniya), Ekvesh, Teresh, Tjekker, Lukka, Kheta (Hatti = xett), Amor (Amurru), Shasw (Sinaydagi badaviylar), shuningdek, ehtimol, Merneptax stelasidagi Ashер yoki Isroil ham bor.

BC). In fact, the name Palestine originally derives from the 3200-year-old documented name Peleset, used to refer to the people in southern Levant, allies of the ‘Libyans’,3 who are mentioned in Egyptian inscriptions, including the Merneptah Stele, which celebrates the Egyptian victory over Libya. These allies of the Libyans include a number of peoples besides the Peleset, some of whose names are identifiable. These names include the Shardana (Sardinia), the Ekwesh, the Teresh, the Tjekker, the Lukka, the Kheta (Hatti = Hittite), the Amor (Amurru), the Shasw (Bedouin in the Sinai), including possibly the Asher or Israel of the Merneptah Stele.

Filistlarning boshqa aholi bilan aralashishidan so'ng, Peleset nomi butun mintaqa uchun Djahi nomini hukmron joy nomi sifatida almashtirdi.

Following the integration of the Philistines with other population, the name Peleset succeeded the name Djahi as the dominant toponym for the region as a whole.

Из поздней бронзы и далее, следует подчеркнуть, названия, использовавшиеся для региона южной Леванты, такие как Джахи, Ретену и Кенаан, уступили место Палестине — названию, наиболее часто встречающемуся в ассирийских надписях VIII–VII веков до н. э. Используя обозначение «часть вместо целого», Палестина стала обозначать весь регион, Палашту, Пилисте (или Филистея), буквально «земля пелесетов» (греч.: Γη των Φυλιστιειμ), южной Леванты. Это более широкое понимание включало не только известные города Филистеи: Газу, Экрон, Гат, Ашдод, Аскалон, Тимну.5

From the Late Bronze Age onwards, it should be stressed, the names used for the region of the southern Levant, such as Djahi, Retenu and Cana’an, all gave way to Palestine, the name most commonly used in 8th and 7th century Assyrian inscriptions. Using a ‘part for the whole’ designation, Palestine came to refer to the greater region (Palashtu, Piliste (or Philistia), literally the ‘land of the Peleset’ (Greek: Γη των Φυλιστιειμ), of the southern Levant. This wider conception included not only the wellknown cities of Philistia: Gaza, Ekron, Gath,4 Ashdod, Ascalon, Timnah5

va Tantur, lekin mamlakat ichki qismlari uchun ham xizmat qilgan va asta-sekin Livandan Misrgacha bo'lgan butun hudud uchun kengroq nom sifatida ishlatilgan.

and Tantur, but served also for the interior of the country and gradually as a wider designation for the whole area from Lebanon to Egypt.

Qiziq tomoni shundaki, Filistiyaning shaharlari nomlarining deyarli barchasi: G‘azza (G‘azzah), Ashkelon (‘Asqalan), Ashdod (Isdud), Tantura (Tantura), Jat (Jat), Ekron (‘Aqir) zamonaviy davrgacha saqlanib qolgan hamda zamonaviy falastinliklar tilidagi arabcha nomlarda ham o‘z aksini topgan; ular 1948-yilda Isroil tomonidan asosan aholisi ko‘chirilgan yoki qurolsizlantirilgan shaharlar edi.

Interestingly also, almost all the toponyms of the cities of Philistia: Gaza (Ghazzah), Askelon (‘Asqalan), Ashdod (Isdud6), Tantur (Tantura), Gath (Jat), Ekron (‘Aqir) survived into the modern era and were preserved in the modern Palestinian Arabic names and were mostly depopulated by Israel in 1948.