Iturean tribes

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The Iturean tribes were an ancient Arab people inhabiting the northern Levant, known for their martial culture and frequent conflicts with neighboring Hellenistic and Jewish states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab people
ancient people
tribal confederation
associatedWithRuler Lysanias of Chalcis NERFINISHED
Ptolemy son of Mennaeus NERFINISHED
category Ancient Arab tribes
Ancient Near Eastern peoples
Peoples of the Levant NERFINISHED
conflictWith Hasmonean kingdom NERFINISHED
Hellenistic states NERFINISHED
Jewish states
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
culture Arab tribal culture
demilitarizedBy Roman authorities
economy pastoralism
raiding and tribute
ethnicity Arab NERFINISHED
incorporatedInto Roman province of Syria NERFINISHED
knownFor archery
martial culture
raiding activities
languageFamily Semitic languages
locatedIn Anti-Lebanon mountains NERFINISHED
Coele-Syria NERFINISHED
Mount Lebanon region NERFINISHED
northern Levant
mentionedInSource Josephus NERFINISHED
Roman authors
Strabo NERFINISHED
militaryRole auxiliary troops in Roman army
neighborOf Galilee NERFINISHED
Trachonitis NERFINISHED
partlyAssimilatedInto Hellenistic culture NERFINISHED
Roman provincial society
partOf border populations of the Levant
politicalCenter Chalcis NERFINISHED
Iturea NERFINISHED
regionType mountainous borderland
religion Arab paganism
subjectTo Roman Empire NERFINISHED
territoryName Iturea NERFINISHED
timePeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
Roman period

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