Shiloh
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Shiloh is an ancient Israelite religious center in the hill country of Ephraim, historically significant as an early sanctuary and gathering place for the tribes of Israel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiloh canonical | 11 |
| Shiloh battlefield | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1950641 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Shiloh Context triple: [Ark of the Covenant, keptAt, Shiloh]
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A.
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg is a historic Pennsylvania town best known as the site of the pivotal 1863 Civil War battle and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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C.
Battle of the Thames
The Battle of the Thames was a decisive 1813 American victory in the War of 1812 in which U.S. forces defeated British and Native American troops in Ontario, resulting in the death of Shawnee leader Tecumseh and the collapse of his confederacy.
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Bull Run
Bull Run is a small stream in northern Virginia that gained historical significance as the site of two major American Civil War battles.
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E.
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal three-day Civil War clash in 1863 that marked a turning point in favor of the Union and became one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most famous engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Shiloh Target entity description: Shiloh is an ancient Israelite religious center in the hill country of Ephraim, historically significant as an early sanctuary and gathering place for the tribes of Israel.
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A.
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
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B.
Gettysburg
Gettysburg is a historic Pennsylvania town best known as the site of the pivotal 1863 Civil War battle and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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C.
Battle of the Thames
The Battle of the Thames was a decisive 1813 American victory in the War of 1812 in which U.S. forces defeated British and Native American troops in Ontario, resulting in the death of Shawnee leader Tecumseh and the collapse of his confederacy.
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D.
Bull Run
Bull Run is a small stream in northern Virginia that gained historical significance as the site of two major American Civil War battles.
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E.
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal three-day Civil War clash in 1863 that marked a turning point in favor of the Union and became one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most famous engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ biblical location ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationsBy |
Danish expedition under Hans Kjaer
ⓘ
Israel Finkelstein ⓘ Israelite Antiquities Authority missions ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
allocation of the land among the tribes
ⓘ
annual religious festivals ⓘ assembly of the tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Eli
ⓘ
surface form:
Eli the priest
Samuel ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe |
tribe of Ephraim
ⓘ
tribes of Israel collectively ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 31.94°N 35.29°E ⓘ |
| country | State of Palestine ⓘ |
| floruit |
2nd millennium BCE
ⓘ
early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| governedBy | priests of the house of Eli (in biblical tradition) ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf | destruction layer in Iron Age I ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFeature |
cultic installations
ⓘ
fortification remains ⓘ pillared buildings ⓘ storage jars and silos ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInText | pilgrimage site in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | archaeological park ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Israelite sanctuary
ⓘ
gathering place for tribes of Israel ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| housed |
Ark of the Covenant
ⓘ
Tabernacle ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central highlands of Samaria
ⓘ
surface form:
central highlands of ancient Israel
hill country of Ephraim ⓘ region of Samaria ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Joshua
ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
1 Samuel ⓘ
surface form:
First Book of Samuel
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
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| nameInHebrew | שִׁלֹה ⓘ |
| nameTransliteration | Shiloh self-link ⓘ |
| nearbyModernLocality |
Kafr Turmus Aya
ⓘ
modern Israeli settlement of Shilo ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| servedAs |
central sanctuary of Israel
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religious capital of Israel before Jerusalem ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age I
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Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
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Subject: Shiloh Description of subject: Shiloh is an ancient Israelite religious center in the hill country of Ephraim, historically significant as an early sanctuary and gathering place for the tribes of Israel.
Referenced by (12)
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