Ancient Israel

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Iron Age polity Levantine kingdom ancient kingdom biblical entity historical region

Ancient Israel was an Iron Age Levantine kingdom and cultural-religious community whose monotheistic traditions and scriptures became foundational to Judaism, Christianity, and Western civilization.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
ancient Israel 16
First Temple period 4
Israelite period 3

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age polity ⓘ
Levantine kingdom ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
biblical entity ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Lachish ⓘ
Tel Dan ⓘ
Hazor ⓘ
surface form: Tel Hazor

Megiddo ⓘ
surface form: Tel Megiddo
associatedWith Yahwism ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Israelite religion

Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Western civilization ⓘ
borders Ammon ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
surface form: Aram-Damascus

Edom ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia
capital Samaria ⓘ
centralDeity YHWH ⓘ
surface form: Yahweh
coreLawCode Mosaic covenant ⓘ
surface form: Mosaic Law

Ten Commandments ⓘ
culturalPractice Sabbath observance ⓘ
Temple sacrifice ⓘ
circumcision ⓘ
pilgrimage festivals ⓘ
ethicalTraditionInfluenceOn Western ethics ⓘ
ethnicGroup Israelites ⓘ
followedBy Assyrian province of Samerina ⓘ
Yehud Medinata ⓘ
foundationalScriptureFor Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

Tanakh ⓘ
foundationalTraditionFor Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Galilee ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom)

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Negev desert ⓘ
surface form: Negev

Samaria ⓘ
surface form: Samaria (region)
keyCity Bethel ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Lachish ⓘ
Shechem ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
legalTraditionInfluenceOn Western legal thought ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Near East ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
majorRiver Jordan River ⓘ
mentionedIn annals of Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian royal inscriptions

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Mesha Stele ⓘ
monotheisticTraditionInfluenceOn Abrahamic religions ⓘ
partOf Canaan ⓘ
surface form: Land of Canaan
precededBy Tribal confederation of Israel ⓘ
preMonarchicGovernment tribal confederation ⓘ
religion Yahwism ⓘ
early Judaism ⓘ
sacredText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Ketuvim ⓘ
Neviim ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
sharesCulturalHeritageWith Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel
Shlomo → associatedWith → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Israel
Tanakh → compiledIn → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel
this entity surface form: Israelite monarchy
Bethsaida → country → Ancient Israel ⓘ
Sons of Korah → country → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Aaronic priesthood → countryOfOrigin → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Ethan the Ezrahite → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Haggith → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Jachin → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Nitzevet bat Adael → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Reuben → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
Zebulun → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
Zerubbabel → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Judaism
Mattaniah → culture → Ancient Israel ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism → follows → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Temple Judaism
shekel (weight-based) → geographicArea → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Pedaiah → hasCulturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Zion theology → hasHistoricalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Temple period
Al-Khalil → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israelite period
Jaffa → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israelite period
Megiddo → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israelite period
this entity surface form: First Temple period
Jezreel Valley → historicalRegion → Ancient Israel ⓘ
Galilee → historicalRegionOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ
Mesopotamia → laterInfluenced → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel
Passover → originLocation → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Samaria → partOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Twelve Tribes of Israel → partOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Zion → refersTo → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic Land of Israel
Yekonyah → region → Ancient Israel ⓘ
royal court of Judah → religion → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Judaism
1 Samuel → setting → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
2 Samuel → setting → Ancient Israel ⓘ
Patience → settingOfNarrative → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Sons of Korah → timePeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Temple period
Three Regalim → timePeriodOfPilgrimage → Ancient Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Temple period