Samaria

E28574
archaeological site biblical region historical region

Samaria is a historical region in the central highlands of ancient Israel and the West Bank, known as the capital area of the northern Kingdom of Israel and a significant biblical and archaeological site.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Samaria canonical 88
Samaria (region) 3
Israel 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
biblical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
approximateFoundationCentury 9th century BCE ⓘ
arabicName as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance major Iron Age and classical-period remains ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Samaritans ⓘ
biblicalRole center of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
symbol of the northern tribes in prophetic literature ⓘ
borders Coastal Plain of Israel to the west ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Galilee to the north

Jordan Valley to the east ⓘ
Judea to the south ⓘ
capitalOf Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel
conqueredBy Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire

Sargon II ⓘ
surface form: Sargon II of Assyria
conquestDate late 8th century BCE ⓘ
containsSite Sebaste ⓘ
surface form: Sebastia

ancient city of Samaria-Sebaste ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
foundedAs capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
foundedBy King Omri ⓘ
greekName Samareia ⓘ
hebrewName West Bank ⓘ
surface form: Shomron
knownFor inscriptions ⓘ
ivory carvings ⓘ
royal Israelite architecture ⓘ
languageOfToponym Hebrew ⓘ
laterRuledBy Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates ⓘ
surface form: Early Islamic caliphates

Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean Kingdom

Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire

Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn West Bank ⓘ
central highlands of ancient Israel ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
modernAdministrativeUse term used in Israeli administrative and political discourse for part of the West Bank ⓘ
modernPoliticalContext partly within the West Bank under Israeli occupation ⓘ
nearModernCity Nablus ⓘ
partOf Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Ancient Israel ⓘ
surface form: ancient Israel
religiousSignificance Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
servedAs capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
terrain mountainous highlands ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
surface form: Iron Age Levant

Referenced by (99)

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

Judea → borders → Samaria ⓘ
Pontius Pilate → governedTerritory → Samaria ⓘ
Acts of the Apostles → majorLocation → Samaria ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine → containsRegion → Samaria ⓘ
Herodian period → location → Samaria ⓘ
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → hasPlace → Samaria ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty → expandedTerritoryTo → Samaria ⓘ
Herod the Great → governedTerritory → Samaria ⓘ
Samaritanism → originatedInRegion → Samaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Samaria
Justin Martyr → birthRegion → Samaria ⓘ
Holy Land → contains → Samaria ⓘ
Nablus → hasHistoricalRegion → Samaria ⓘ
Jenin → historicalRegion → Samaria ⓘ
Ancient Israel → capital → Samaria ⓘ
Ancient Israel → hasPart → Samaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samaria (region)
Ottoman Palestine → includesTerritory → Samaria ⓘ
Herod Archelaus → ruledTerritory → Samaria ⓘ
Sebaste → locatedIn → Samaria ⓘ
Sebaste → region → Samaria ⓘ
Sebaste → earlierSettlementOnSite → Samaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samaria (ancient city)
Palestine → hasSubregion → Samaria ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III → campaignAgainst → Samaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israel
Hoshea → capital → Samaria ⓘ
Book of Micah → containsProphecyAgainst → Samaria ⓘ
Book of Micah → mentionsLocation → Samaria ⓘ
Shalmaneser V → authorityOver → Samaria ⓘ
annals of Sargon II → mentions → Samaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Annals of Sargon II
John Hyrcanus I → regionRuled → Samaria ⓘ
Siege of Samaria → locatedIn → Samaria ⓘ
Mount Gerizim area → partOf → Samaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: historical region of Samaria
tribe of Ephraim → capitalInPeriod → Samaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribe of Ephraim
Ahab → burialPlace → Samaria ⓘ
Ahab → residence → Samaria ⓘ
Ahab → capitalOfHisKingdom → Samaria ⓘ
Elisha → associatedPlace → Samaria ⓘ
1 Kings → keyLocation → Samaria ⓘ
Samaritan script → geographicRegion → Samaria ⓘ
Flavia Neapolis → locatedIn → Samaria ⓘ
Book of Hosea → mentions → Samaria ⓘ
Herodian Kingdom → locatedIn → Samaria ⓘ
Northern Kingdom of Israel → capital → Samaria ⓘ
King Ahab → burialPlace → Samaria ⓘ
King Ahab → capital → Samaria ⓘ
Jehoram of Israel → burialPlace → Samaria ⓘ
Jehoram of Israel → capital → Samaria ⓘ
Manasseh → hasCapitalCityTradition → Samaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samaria (in later northern kingdom context)
Samareia → GreekNameOf → Samaria ⓘ
Samareia → correspondsTo → Samaria ⓘ
Samareia → hasBiblicalName → Samaria ⓘ
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah → ArabicNameOf → Samaria ⓘ
subject surface form: as-Sāmirah