Hasmonean dynasty

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Jewish dynasty royal house ruling family

The Hasmonean dynasty was a Jewish ruling family that gained independence for Judea in the 2nd century BCE after the Maccabean Revolt and governed as priest-kings until the rise of Roman control.

Aliases (14)

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish dynasty → royal house → ruling family →
ally	Roman Republic →
associatedHoliday	Hanukkah →
conflict	Hasmonean civil war → Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts → Hasmonean–Nabataean conflicts → Hasmonean–Seleucid wars → Maccabean Revolt →
continent	Asia →
country	Judea →
currency	Hasmonean coinage →
endTime	37 BCE →
ethnicGroup	Jews →
expandedTerritoryTo	Galilee → Gilead → Idumea → Perea → Samaria →
firstRuler	Simon Thassi →
followedBy	Herodian dynasty →
governmentForm	priestly monarchy → theocratic monarchy →
hasCapital	Jerusalem →
hasPart	Maccabean Revolt →
hasRuler	Alexander Jannaeus → Aristobulus I → Aristobulus II → Hyrcanus II → John Hyrcanus I → Jonathan Apphus → Judas Maccabeus → Mattathias → Salome Alexandra → Simon Thassi →
keyEvent	Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE →
language	Aramaic → Hebrew →
lastRuler	Antigonus II Mattathias →
legalSystem	Torah law →
locatedIn	Levant → ancient Palestine →
namedAfter	Hasmon →
notableEvent	rededication of the Second Temple →
opponent	Ptolemaic Kingdom → Seleucid Empire →
overthrownBy	Herod the Great →
partOf	Second Temple period →
precededBy	Seleucid Empire →
religion	Judaism →
startTime	c. 140 BCE →
subjectTo	Roman Republic after 63 BCE →
titleOfRulers	High Priest → King of Judea →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Jannaeus → Antigonus II Mattathias → Aristobulus I → Mariamne I →	dynasty
Aristobulus II → Hyrcanus II → John Hyrcanus I → Simon Thassi →	memberOf
Hanukkah → Hasmon →	associatedDynasty
Alexander Jannaeus ("House of Hasmoneus") → Aristobulus I ("House of Hasmonean") →	house
Idumea ("Hasmonean Jewish realm") → Mariamne I ("Hasmonean royal family") →	partOf
Herodian → Maccabees →	relatedTo
Qumran ("Hasmonean period") → Tower of David ("Hasmonean period") →	timePeriod
Machaerus →	builderDynasty
Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts ("Hasmonean kingdom") →	conflictBetween
Idumea →	conqueredBy
Antiquities of the Jews →	containsAccountOf
Antipater the Idumaean ("Hasmonean Judea") →	countryOfCitizenship
Hyrcanus II →	dynasticHouse
Simon Thassi →	dynastyFounded
Hasmon →	eponymOf
Simon Thassi ("Hasmonean") →	familyName
Idumea ("Hasmonean period") →	flourishedInPeriod
Seleucid Empire ("Hasmonean Kingdom") →	followedBy
Herodian period ("Hasmonean period") →	follows
Idumaean ("Hasmonean kingdom") →	governedBy
Aristobulus I ("Hasmonean monarchy") →	governmentForm
Maccabean Revolt →	hasDynastyFounded
Maccabees →	hasFamilyName
Maccabean Revolt ("Hasmonean Kingdom") →	hasFollowedBy
Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE ("Hasmonean Kingdom") →	hasParticipant
King of the Jews →	historicallyConnectedTo
Pharisees ("Hasmonean rulers") →	inConflictWith
Idumea ("Hasmonean Kingdom") →	integratedInto
Samaria ("Hasmonean Kingdom") →	laterRuledBy
Books of the Maccabees →	mainSubject
Haifa Center HaShmona railway station ("HaShmona (the Hasmoneans)") →	namedAfter
Hasmon ("term "Hasmonean"") →	nameGivesRiseTo
Nabataean kingdom ("Hasmonean kingdom") →	neighbor
Pharisees ("Hasmonean period") →	originatedIn
Second Temple Judaism ("Hasmonean kingdom") →	politicalContext
Herod the Great →	predecessor
Perea ("Hasmonean Kingdom") →	preHerodianControlBy
Salome Alexandra ("Hasmonean Kingdom of Judea") →	regionRuled
Maccabees ("Hasmonean Kingdom") →	resultedIn
Tomb of Benei Hezir ("Hasmonean period") →	significantPeriod
Flavius Josephus →	sourceFor
Antiquities of the Jews ("Hasmonean period") →	timePeriodCovered
Masada ("Hasmonean period") →	timePeriodOfMajorOccupation
Judea →	underRuleOf