Galilee

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geographical region region

Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.

Aliases (13)

Lower Galilee ×17
Upper Galilee ×7
Galilee region ×6
Northern Israel ×3
Lower Galilee region ×2
Western Galilee ×2
Galilee and Carmel regions in northern Israel ×1
Galilee of the nations ×1
Galilee to the north ×1
Lower Galilee region (broadly defined) ×1
Ottoman Galilee ×1
Roman province of Galilee ×1
northeastern Israel ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → region →
associatedWith	Apostles of Jesus → Jesus Christ →
borders	Jezreel Valley → Jordan Rift Valley → Lebanon → Syria →
climate	Mediterranean climate →
contains	Bethsaida (traditional location) → Cana → Magdala → Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → sites of many Gospel miracles →
country	Israel →
elevationFeature	hilly terrain →
governedAs	Northern District of Israel (largely) →
hasPart	Capernaum → Golan Heights region (disputed adjacency) → Kinneret Valley → Lower Galilee → Mount Arbel → Mount Tabor → Nazareth → Safed → Sea of Galilee → Tiberias → Upper Galilee → Western Galilee →
historicalRegionOf	Ancient Israel → Ottoman Syria → Roman Judea →
language	Arabic → Aramaic (historically) → Hebrew →
locatedIn	Levant → Middle East → Northern Israel →
majorEconomicActivity	agriculture → religious pilgrimage → tourism →
mentionedIn	Christian Gospels → New Testament →
notableFor	diverse Jewish and Arab communities →
partOf	State of Israel →
primarySettingOf	Jesus Christ’s early ministry →
religiousSignificanceFor	Christianity → Islam → Judaism →
waterBody	Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) →

Referenced by (104)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basilica of the Annunciation → Cana → Capernaum → Carmel Range ("Northern Israel") → Carmelit ("Lower Galilee region") → Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation → Haifa ("Lower Galilee region (broadly defined)") → Hazor ("Upper Galilee") → Jezreel Valley ("Northern Israel") → Kadoorie Agricultural High School ("Lower Galilee") → Magdala → Magdala ("Lower Galilee") → Mary’s Well → Megiddo ("Lower Galilee region") → Meron mountain range ("Upper Galilee") → Mount Carmel ("Northern Israel") → Mount Tabor ("Lower Galilee") → Nazareth ("Lower Galilee") → Nazareth → Nazareth Hospital (English Hospital) ("Lower Galilee") → Northern District, Israel → Sea of Galilee ("northeastern Israel") → Sea of Galilee → St. Joseph’s Church → Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess → Yokneam Illit ("Lower Galilee") →	locatedIn
Abuhav Synagogue → Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue → Herodias → Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → Nazareth Academic Institute → Nazareth Municipality → Pharisees → Tiberias ("Lower Galilee") →	region
Mount Berenice ("Lower Galilee") → Nazareth Illit → Safed → Safed ("Upper Galilee") → Tverya →	locatedInRegion
French campaign in Syria → Galilean campaign of Vespasian → Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts → Herodian period → Tannaitic period →	location
Acre ("Western Galilee") → Jezreel Valley ("Lower Galilee") → Jezreel Valley ("Galilee region") → Meron mountain range ("Galilee region") → Mount Arbel ("Lower Galilee") →	partOf
Ancient Israel → Galilee ("Upper Galilee") → Galilee ("Lower Galilee") → Galilee ("Western Galilee") →	hasPart
Issachar ("Lower Galilee") → Naphtali ("Galilee region") →	associatedTribeTerritory
Apostle Matthew → Mary Magdalene →	associatedWith
Salome → Shimon bar Yochai →	associatedWithPlace
Simon the Zealot → Tribe of Naftali ("Galilee of the nations") →	associatedWithRegion
Aristobulus I → Hasmonean dynasty →	expandedTerritoryTo
Northern District, Israel ("Upper Galilee") → Northern District, Israel ("Lower Galilee") →	includesRegion
Nazareth Municipality ("Lower Galilee") → St. Joseph’s Church ("Lower Galilee") →	locatedInHistoricRegion
Joseph Karo ("Ottoman Galilee") → Zebedee →	residence
Tribe of Naftali → Tribe of Naftali ("Upper Galilee") →	traditionalTerritory
Gospel of Mark →	alternativePlaceOfComposition
Herodian dynasty →	appliesToJurisdiction
Jesus Christ →	associatedRegion
Zebulun ("Galilee region") →	associatedWithTribeTerritory
Apostle Philip →	basedIn
Sea of Galilee ("Lower Galilee") →	borderedBy
Samaria ("Galilee to the north") →	borders
Holy Land →	contains
British Mandate for Palestine →	containsRegion
Herod Antipas →	countryRuled
Twelve Apostles →	geographicContext
Herodian →	governed
Herod the Great →	governedTerritory
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel →	hasPlace
Meron mountain range ("Upper Galilee") →	hasScenicView
Palestine →	hasSubregion
Tiberias →	historicalRegion
Nazareth ("Roman province of Galilee") →	historicRegion
Ottoman Palestine →	includesTerritory
Mary’s Well →	isTouristAttractionOf
al-Muwahhidun al-Duruz ("Galilee and Carmel regions in northern Israel") →	notableRegion
Zealots →	originatedFrom
Judah ha-Nasi →	placeOfActivity
John Hyrcanus I →	regionRuled
Nazareth Hospital (English Hospital) →	regionServed
Nazareth Illit ("Lower Galilee") →	regionType
Druze →	religiousCenterIn
Herod Agrippa I →	ruled
Palestine Railways →	servedRegion
Nazareth Hospital (English Hospital) ("Galilee region") →	servesPopulation
Haifa Airport →	servesRegion
Annunciation →	takesPlaceIn
Mount Tabor ("Galilee region") →	viewpointFor