Idumea

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ancient region historical geographic region

Idumea was an ancient region south of Judea, inhabited by the Edomites and later integrated into the Hasmonean and Herodian Jewish realms.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Idumaea 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical geographic region ⓘ
associatedWith Herod the Great ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalFigure Esau ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalNation Edom ⓘ
borders Arabia Petraea ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Negev desert ⓘ
surface form: Negev
conqueredBy Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
John Hyrcanus I ⓘ
conversionPolicyImposedBy John Hyrcanus I ⓘ
culturalInfluence Arabian culture ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic culture

Jewish culture ⓘ
declinePeriod after First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociatedWith Edomite ⓘ
surface form: Edomites

Edomite ⓘ
surface form: Idumeans
flourishedInPeriod Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean period

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Herodian period ⓘ
greekName Idoumaia ⓘ
inhabitedBy Edomite ⓘ
surface form: Edomites
integratedInto Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean Kingdom

Herodian Kingdom ⓘ
languageSpoken Edomite ⓘ
surface form: Edomite language
laterAdministrativeStatus part of Palaestina ⓘ
part of Roman Judea ⓘ
laterLanguageSpoken Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
latinName Idumea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Idumaea
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Southern Levant
locatedSouthOf Judea ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Edom ⓘ
partOf Edom ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean Jewish realm

Herodian Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Herodian Jewish realm
populationConvertedTo Judaism ⓘ
preConquestReligion Edomite polytheism ⓘ
regionType semi-arid hill country ⓘ
religionAfterHasmoneanConquest Judaism ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled routes between Judea and Arabia ⓘ
timeOfConquest late 2nd century BCE ⓘ
timeUnderHerod late 1st century BCE ⓘ
underControlOf Herod the Great ⓘ
underRomanRule Judea ⓘ
surface form: Province of Judea

Referenced by (12)

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

Judea → borders → Idumea ⓘ
Idumaean → ethnicGroupOf → Idumea ⓘ
Herodian → governed → Idumea ⓘ
Idumea → latinName → Idumea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idumaea
Herodian period → location → Idumea ⓘ