Jaredites

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The Jaredites are an ancient civilization described in the Book of Mormon as migrating to and inhabiting the Americas long before the Nephites and Lamanites, ultimately destroying themselves through internal conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civilization
people in the Book of Mormon
associatedDoctrine God’s guidance in migration to a promised land
associatedEvent The Tower of Babel
surface form: Tower of Babel
associatedWith LDS scripture
conflictWith secret combinations (as described in Book of Mormon)
covenantTheme blessings in the promised land conditioned on righteousness
culturalMemory known to Nephites through the 24 plates
culturalRole example of a fallen nation in Latter-day Saint teachings
describedIn Book of Mormon
destroyedBy civil war
internal conflict
finalBattleLocationTradition Hill Cumorah
surface form: hill Ramah (identified with Cumorah in some Latter-day Saint traditions)
finalSurvivorTradition Coriantumr
geographicStatus location in the Americas not specified in the text
governedBy kings
keyFigure Coriantumr
Ether
Jared
the brother of Jared
language language not confounded at the Tower of Babel (according to Book of Mormon)
ledBy Jared
the brother of Jared
mainSource Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon
surface form: Book of Ether
mentionedBy Moroni
surface form: Moroni (Book of Mormon editor)
migratedTo Americas
migrationMode barges across the ocean (according to Book of Mormon)
moralTheme warning against pride and wickedness
warning against secret combinations
namedAfter Jared (Book of Mormon figure)
originatedFrom Old World
populationTrajectory grew to a large nation then declined
preceded Lamanites
Nephites
prophetAmong Ether
the brother of Jared
recordKeptOn 24 gold plates
recordTranslatedBy Mosiah
surface form: Mosiah II (according to Book of Mormon)
religiousStatus considered historical by many Latter-day Saints
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint movement churches
surface form: Latter-day Saint movement
roleInNarrative provide a prior-cycle example before Nephite history
scholarlyConsensus not accepted as historical by mainstream secular scholarship
scripturalBook Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon
surface form: Book of Ether
scripturalGenre narrative history (religious text)
scripturalLanguage translated into English by Joseph Smith (according to Latter-day Saint belief)
timeframeAccordingToBelievers ancient pre-Nephite era in the Americas
ultimateFate complete destruction as a nation
viewWithinLDSApologetics sometimes linked to ancient American civilizations

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

Plates of Ether peopleDescribed Jaredites
Lamanites relatedGroup Jaredites
this entity surface form: Jaredites (indirectly, via narrative connections)