Philistia

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ancient coastal region historical region

Philistia was an ancient coastal region in the southwestern Levant, inhabited by the Philistines and encompassing key cities such as Ashdod, Gaza, and Ashkelon.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Philistia canonical	14
Philistine city-states	2
Philistine territory	1
land of the Philistines	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient coastal region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Sea Peoples ⓘ
borderedBy	Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Israel Kingdom of Judah ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
conflictedWith	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
conqueredBy	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Empire Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
culturalInfluences	Aegean cultures ⓘ Canaanite cultures ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo	Philistines ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod	Iron Age ⓘ
governedBy	Philistine rulers ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSites	Ashdod ⓘ Ashkelon ⓘ Ekron ⓘ Gath ⓘ
hasCapital	Gaza City ⓘ surface form: Gaza
hasMajorCity	Ashdod ⓘ Ashkelon ⓘ Ekron ⓘ Gath ⓘ Gaza City ⓘ surface form: Gaza
inhabitedBy	Philistines ⓘ
knownFrom	Assyrian sources ⓘ Egyptian sources ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
languageUsed	Philistine language ⓘ
laterIncorporatedInto	Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern Levant ⓘ
locatedOn	eastern Mediterranean coast ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Isaiah ⓘ Books of Kings ⓘ surface form: Book of Kings Books of Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of Samuel
partOf	Canaan ⓘ
politicalStructure	pentapolis of city-states ⓘ
regionCorrespondsRoughlyTo	Gaza Strip ⓘ surface form: modern Gaza Strip southern coastal plain of modern Israel ⓘ
religionPracticed	Philistine religion ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of coastal trade routes ⓘ
timePeriod	late second millennium BCE to first millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Ashdod → locatedInHistoricRegion → Philistia ⓘ

Tiglath-Pileser III → campaignAgainst → Philistia ⓘ

Kingdom of Judah → borderedBy → Philistia ⓘ

Gerar → locatedIn → Philistia ⓘ

this entity surface form: land of the Philistines

Valley of Sorek → locatedNear → Philistia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistine territory

Psalm 87 → mentionsNation → Philistia ⓘ

Samson Agonistes → setting → Philistia ⓘ

Psalm 83 → mentionsEntity → Philistia ⓘ

Psalm 108 → containsGeographicalReferences → Philistia ⓘ

ancient trade route Via Maris → passesThrough → Philistia ⓘ

subject surface form: Via Maris

Yehud (Persian province) → neighbor → Philistia ⓘ

Goliath → associatedWith → Philistia ⓘ

Iron Age II → associatedWithCulture → Philistia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistine city-states

Šarru-kīn II → campaignAgainst → Philistia ⓘ

Sarru-kinu → campaignAgainst → Philistia ⓘ

Dagan → worshipPlace → Philistia ⓘ

Moresheth → proximityTo → Philistia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistine city-states

Ascalon → locatedIn → Philistia ⓘ