they didnt "invent" it so much as take their word for the ancient israelite enemy, the Philistines, and slap that name on the area. but there was never a Philistine state in the area, either. they invaded in waves starting in 13 or 1400 bc and constantly battled Egypt and Israel. never took any consequential amount of territory, to the point that archeologists cant even be sure where they came from. the "isle of Crete" theory is based on similar pottery, not any historical record. so while there were some Philistine cities and defeated Philistines probably did mingle w the inhabitants of the land, there was never a cohesive country callled "Philistia" or "Palestine" until the Romans started calling Israel that during their occupation
Rome invented Palestine to humilate the Jews, something going on to this day.
they didnt "invent" it so much as take their word for the ancient israelite enemy, the Philistines, and slap that name on the area. but there was never a Philistine state in the area, either. they invaded in waves starting in 13 or 1400 bc and constantly battled Egypt and Israel. never took any consequential amount of territory, to the point that archeologists cant even be sure where they came from. the "isle of Crete" theory is based on similar pottery, not any historical record. so while there were some Philistine cities and defeated Philistines probably did mingle w the inhabitants of the land, there was never a cohesive country callled "Philistia" or "Palestine" until the Romans started calling Israel that during their occupation