Persian period

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archaeological period historical period

The Persian period refers to the era when the Achaemenid Persian Empire ruled over the Near East, including regions such as ancient Israel, roughly from the late 6th to the late 4th century BCE.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Persian period canonical	1
Persian-period Yehud	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological period ⓘ historical period ⓘ
appliesTo	Ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	imperial tolerance of local religions ⓘ monetary reforms and coinage ⓘ use of standardized imperial administration ⓘ widespread use of Aramaic as lingua franca ⓘ
documentedIn	Achaemenid royal inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Greek historiography ⓘ Elephantine papyri NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	late 4th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Alexander the Great’s conquests NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Babylonian exile NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
governingSystem	satrapal administration ⓘ
hasAdministrativeUnit	satrapy of Eber-Nari NERFINISHED ⓘ satrapy of Yehud ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceAt	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Persepolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yehud (Judea) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital	Persepolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Administrative reorganization of the provinces (satrapies) ⓘ Compilation and editing of parts of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ Cyrus’s conquest of Babylon ⓘ Edict allowing Judean exiles to return ⓘ Rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyRuler	Artaxerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Darius I NERFINISHED ⓘ Xerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	Imperial Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion	Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRulingDynasty	Achaemenid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	Jewish concepts of empire and kingship ⓘ Second Temple Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ development of biblical literature ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	late 6th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tell el-Mutesellim → hasCulturalPeriod → Persian period ⓘ

Hellenistic–Roman Judea → follows → Persian period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian-period Yehud