Arameans

E168922

Semitic people ancient people

The Arameans were an ancient Semitic people of the Near East who spoke Aramaic and established a number of small kingdoms in regions of modern-day Syria and Mesopotamia.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Arameans canonical	18
Aramean	6
Aramaean kingdoms	1
Aramaean states	1
Aramaeans	1
Aramean (by family of Laban)	1
Aramean states	1
Arameans of Paddan-aram	1
الآراميين	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Semitic people ⓘ ancient people ⓘ
associatedLanguagePhase	Old Aramaic ⓘ
capitalCity	Damascus ⓘ
conqueredBy	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
culturalLegacy	Aramaic as lingua franca of Near East ⓘ spread of Aramaic language ⓘ
cultureArea	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ trade ⓘ
established	Aramean kingdoms ⓘ
ethnicity	Semitic ⓘ
ethnogenesis	Late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
floruitCentury	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
influenced	Achaemenid administrative language policy ⓘ
knownFrom	Assyrian sources ⓘ Babylonian sources ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
languageFamily	Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
modernRegion	Iraq ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
neighboringPeople	Assyrians ⓘ Babylonians ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ surface form: Hittites Israelites ⓘ Neo-Hittite states ⓘ surface form: Neo-Hittites Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicians
notableKingdom	Damascus ⓘ surface form: Aram-Damascus Aram-Zobah ⓘ Árpád ⓘ surface form: Arpad Bit-Adini ⓘ Bit-Zamani ⓘ Hamath ⓘ
partOf	ancient Levantine cultures ⓘ
politicalOrganization	city-states ⓘ small kingdoms ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Aramaic ⓘ
region	Ancient Near East ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Syria ⓘ
religion	ancient Semitic religion ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ
writingSystem	Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Referenced by (31)

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

Aramaic alphabet (historically) → usedBy → Arameans ⓘ

subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Leah → ethnicIdentity → Arameans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramean (by family of Laban)

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → focusesOn → Arameans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramaean kingdoms

Syriac Orthodox Church → primaryEthnicBase → Arameans ⓘ

Levant region → isCradleOf → Arameans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aramaean states

Laban → ethnicity → Arameans ⓘ