battle of Ai
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The Battle of Ai is a biblical conflict in the Book of Joshua in which the Israelites, after an initial defeat attributed to disobedience, ultimately capture and destroy the Canaanite city of Ai through a strategic ambush.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| battle of Ai canonical | 2 |
| Battle of Ai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1000910 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: battle of Ai Context triple: [Book of Joshua, containsStory, battle of Ai]
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Battle of Kay
The Battle of Kay was a 1759 engagement in the Seven Years' War in which Russian forces defeated the Prussian army, weakening Frederick the Great’s position shortly before the decisive Battle of Kunersdorf.
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Battle of Nibeiwa
The Battle of Nibeiwa was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in Egypt, where British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful surprise attack against Italian camps, helping to initiate the collapse of Italian positions in North Africa.
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Battle of Carchemish
The Battle of Carchemish was a decisive 605 BC clash in which the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar II defeated the Egyptians and remnants of the Assyrian army, marking the end of Assyrian power and the rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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Battle of Talas
The Battle of Talas was an 8th-century clash between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Tang dynasty that marked the limit of Chinese expansion into Central Asia and is often noted for facilitating the westward transmission of papermaking technology.
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Luding Bridge battle
The Luding Bridge battle was a pivotal 1935 engagement during the Chinese Red Army’s Long March, celebrated in Communist historiography for its daring assault across a chain suspension bridge under heavy fire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: battle of Ai Target entity description: The Battle of Ai is a biblical conflict in the Book of Joshua in which the Israelites, after an initial defeat attributed to disobedience, ultimately capture and destroy the Canaanite city of Ai through a strategic ambush.
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A.
Battle of Kay
The Battle of Kay was a 1759 engagement in the Seven Years' War in which Russian forces defeated the Prussian army, weakening Frederick the Great’s position shortly before the decisive Battle of Kunersdorf.
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B.
Battle of Nibeiwa
The Battle of Nibeiwa was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in Egypt, where British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful surprise attack against Italian camps, helping to initiate the collapse of Italian positions in North Africa.
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C.
Battle of Carchemish
The Battle of Carchemish was a decisive 605 BC clash in which the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar II defeated the Egyptians and remnants of the Assyrian army, marking the end of Assyrian power and the rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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D.
Battle of Talas
The Battle of Talas was an 8th-century clash between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Tang dynasty that marked the limit of Chinese expansion into Central Asia and is often noted for facilitating the westward transmission of papermaking technology.
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E.
Luding Bridge battle
The Luding Bridge battle was a pivotal 1935 engagement during the Chinese Red Army’s Long March, celebrated in Communist historiography for its daring assault across a chain suspension bridge under heavy fire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical battle
ⓘ
event in the Book of Joshua ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Achan
ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Canaanites
ⓘ
Israelites ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical in Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
canonical in Jewish Bible ⓘ |
| causeOfDefeatInFirstAttack |
disobedience to God
ⓘ
sin of Achan ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Joshua ⓘ |
| describedIn | Book of Joshua ⓘ |
| divineInstruction | battle plan revealed to Joshua ⓘ |
| genre | narrative ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
first attack on Ai
ⓘ
second attack on Ai ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySource |
Hebrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| locatedIn |
Ai
ⓘ
Land of Canaan ⓘ
surface form:
land of Canaan
|
| methodOfKingExecution | hanging on a tree ⓘ |
| numberOfAmbushers | about 30,000 men (biblical account) ⓘ |
| numberOfInitialAttackers | about 3,000 men (biblical account) ⓘ |
| opposedBy | king of Ai ⓘ |
| outcome |
capture of Ai
ⓘ
destruction of Ai ⓘ execution of king of Ai ⓘ killing of inhabitants of Ai ⓘ |
| partOf | Israelite conquest of Canaan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Jericho ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| resultOfFirstAttack | Israelite defeat ⓘ |
| resultOfSecondAttack | Israelite victory ⓘ |
| scripturalBook | Joshua ⓘ |
| scripturalChapters |
Joshua 7
ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
surface form:
Joshua 8
|
| spoilsDisposition | Israelites allowed to take livestock and plunder ⓘ |
| tacticUsedInSecondAttack |
ambush
ⓘ
divided forces ⓘ feigned retreat ⓘ |
| textualTradition | Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
consequences of sin
ⓘ
divine guidance in warfare ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ |
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Subject: battle of Ai Description of subject: The Battle of Ai is a biblical conflict in the Book of Joshua in which the Israelites, after an initial defeat attributed to disobedience, ultimately capture and destroy the Canaanite city of Ai through a strategic ambush.
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