Kingdom of Ammon

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Canaanite language Iron Age polity Semitic state ancient Semitic people ancient kingdom

The Kingdom of Ammon was an ancient Semitic state located east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and Near Eastern sources for its Ammonite people, distinctive material culture, and interactions with neighboring Israelite, Aramean, and Mesopotamian powers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Ammon canonical 4
ancient Kingdom of Ammon 1
land of Ammon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite language ⓘ
Iron Age polity ⓘ
Semitic state ⓘ
ancient Semitic people ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
alliedWith Aram-Damascus kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Aramean kingdoms
alsoKnownAs Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
surface form: Rabbath-Ammon
archaeologicalCulture Ammonite material culture ⓘ
biblicalAncestor Ben-Ammi ⓘ
capital Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ
conflictWith Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
conqueredBy Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
describedAs son of Lot in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ammonite ⓘ
surface form: Ammonites
floruitCenturyBC 7th century BC ⓘ
8th century BC ⓘ
9th century BC ⓘ
language Ammonite language ⓘ
laterUnderControlOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
locatedEastOf Jordan River ⓘ
locatedIn Transjordan ⓘ
mainDeity Milcom ⓘ
Moloch ⓘ
surface form: Molech
mentionedIn Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Babylonian sources ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernLocation Amman ⓘ
neighbor Aramean kingdoms ⓘ
Edom ⓘ
Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
notableFor distinctive pottery ⓘ
fortified hilltop sites ⓘ
inscribed seals ⓘ
partOf Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
religion West Semitic religion ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
writingSystem Phoenician alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Ammonite → usedByPolity → Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ
land of Moab → borderedBy → Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Ammon
Ammonite language → spokenIn → Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ
King's Highway (ancient route) → associatedWith → Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ
Transjordanian highlands → historicallyContained → Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ
Rabbath Ammon → region → Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Kingdom of Ammon