Ancient Israel

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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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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

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Mesopotamia laterInfluenced Ancient Israel
Tanakh compiledIn Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Passover originLocation Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Galilee historicalRegionOf Ancient Israel
Neo-Babylonian Empire culturalInfluenceOn Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Judaism
Zion refersTo Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: historic Land of Israel
Second Temple Judaism follows Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: First Temple Judaism
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel conflictBetween Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel appliesToJurisdiction Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel opponent Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel
1 Samuel setting Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
2 Samuel setting Ancient Israel
Nitzevet bat Adael culturalContext Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Sons of Korah country Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Sons of Korah timePeriod Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: First Temple period
Haggith culturalContext Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Al-Khalil hasHistoricalPeriod Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Israelite period
Ethan the Ezrahite culturalContext Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Twelve Tribes of Israel partOf Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Samaria partOf Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Shlomo associatedWith Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Israel
Shalosh Regalim historicalPeriodOfPilgrimage Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: First Temple period
Aaronic priesthood countryOfOrigin Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Zion theology hasHistoricalContext Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: First Temple period
Bethsaida country Ancient Israel
Three Regalim timePeriodOfPilgrimage Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: First Temple period
On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry periodDiscussed Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Zerubbabel culturalContext Ancient Israel
Megiddo hasHistoricalPeriod Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Israelite period
Jachin culturalContext Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Pedaiah hasCulturalContext Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Antiquities of the Jews containsAccountOf Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Israelite monarchy
Jezreel Valley historicalRegion Ancient Israel
Reuben culturalContext Ancient Israel
Zebulun culturalContext Ancient Israel
Mattaniah culture Ancient Israel
Jaffa hasHistoricalPeriod Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: Israelite period
Patience settingOfNarrative Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
shekel (weight-based) geographicArea Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Transjordanian territories of Israel partOf Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
royal court of Judah religion Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Judaism
Yekonyah region Ancient Israel
Jephta setting Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Elon countryOfCitizenship Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Abdon countryOfCitizenship Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Amnon culturalContext Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Capture of Jerusalem tookPlaceInRegion Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Prophet Gad associatedPlace Ancient Israel
subject surface form: Gad
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Shamgar associatedWithRegion Ancient Israel
this entity surface form: ancient Israel