Holy Land

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historical region religious region sacred geography

The Holy Land is a historically and religiously significant region in the Eastern Mediterranean, revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the setting for many foundational sacred events.

Aliases (3)

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region → religious region → sacred geography →
alsoKnownAs	Eretz HaKodesh → Holy Land of Israel → Terra Sancta →
associatedWithEvent	Exodus narrative (destination) → Israelite conquest narratives → Muhammad’s Night Journey (Jerusalem) → Prophetic ministries in the Hebrew Bible → early Christian church origins → life of Jesus →
associatedWithScripture	Hebrew Bible → New Testament → Quran →
centralCity	Jerusalem →
centralTo	Christian theology → Islamic sacred history → Jewish theology →
contains	Al-Aqsa Mosque → Bethlehem → Church of the Holy Sepulchre → Dead Sea → Dome of the Rock → Galilee → Hebron → Jerusalem → Jordan River → Judea → Mount Sinai (traditional broader sense) → Mount of Olives → Nazareth → Samaria → Sea of Galilee → Temple Mount →
historicalControlBy	Abbasid Caliphate → Ancient Israelite kingdoms → British Mandate for Palestine → Byzantine Empire → Crusader states → Ottoman Empire → Roman Empire → Umayyad Caliphate →
holyCityFor	Christianity → Islam → Judaism →
locatedIn	Eastern Mediterranean → Levant → Western Asia →
modernTerritoryIncludes	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan → Lebanon (southern parts) → State of Israel → State of Palestine → Syria (southwestern parts) →
overlapsWith	Land of Israel → Palestine (region) → Southern Levant →
partOf	Middle East →
pilgrimageDestinationFor	Christians → Jews → Muslims →
significantInReligion	Christianity → Islam → Judaism →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Crusade → Second Crusade → Third Crusade →	location
Holy Land ("Terra Sancta") → Holy Land ("Holy Land of Israel") →	alsoKnownAs
Tancred, or The New Crusade → The Innocents Abroad →	setting
Palestine →	describedAs
Quaker City excursion of 1867 →	destination
Jerusalem cross →	geographicAssociation
Gesta Francorum →	geographicFocus
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem →	hasJurisdictionOver
Baptism in the Jordan →	hasLocation
Shepherds’ Field →	heritageContext
Nazareth →	historicRegion
Patriarch of Jerusalem →	jurisdiction
Kingdom of Jerusalem →	locatedIn
Carmelite Rite →	originatedIn
Saint Helena of Constantinople →	pilgrimage
Syriac Catholic Church →	primaryTerritory
Crusades →	primaryTheater
Basilica of the Annunciation →	region
Onomasticon →	regionDescribed
Knights Hospitaller →	regionOfActivity
Canaan ("Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible") →	religiousSignificance
Quaker City excursion of 1867 →	visitedPlace