Kingdom of Moab
E531928
The Kingdom of Moab was an ancient Iron Age state located east of the Dead Sea in what is now Jordan, known from both biblical accounts and archaeological evidence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Moab canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5536329 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Moab Context triple: [Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions, associatedWithPolity, Kingdom of Moab]
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A.
Kingdom of Ammon
The Kingdom of Ammon was an ancient Semitic state located east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and Near Eastern sources for its Ammonite people, distinctive material culture, and interactions with neighboring Israelite, Aramean, and Mesopotamian powers.
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B.
Kingdom of Judah
The Kingdom of Judah was an ancient Israelite monarchy in the southern Levant, centered in Jerusalem, that existed from the late 10th century BCE until its conquest by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE.
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C.
Edom
Edom was an ancient kingdom in the southern Levant, traditionally associated with the descendants of Esau and located south of the Kingdom of Judah.
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D.
Northern Kingdom of Israel
The Northern Kingdom of Israel was an ancient Israelite monarchy that split from Judah after Solomon’s reign and became known for its distinct dynastic history, prophetic activity, and eventual conquest by the Assyrian Empire.
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E.
Mitanni kingdom
The Mitanni kingdom was a powerful Hurrian-speaking state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria during the mid–second millennium BCE, known for its chariotry, diplomacy with Egypt and the Hittites, and influence over the ancient Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Moab Target entity description: The Kingdom of Moab was an ancient Iron Age state located east of the Dead Sea in what is now Jordan, known from both biblical accounts and archaeological evidence.
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A.
Kingdom of Ammon
The Kingdom of Ammon was an ancient Semitic state located east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and Near Eastern sources for its Ammonite people, distinctive material culture, and interactions with neighboring Israelite, Aramean, and Mesopotamian powers.
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B.
Kingdom of Judah
The Kingdom of Judah was an ancient Israelite monarchy in the southern Levant, centered in Jerusalem, that existed from the late 10th century BCE until its conquest by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE.
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C.
Edom
Edom was an ancient kingdom in the southern Levant, traditionally associated with the descendants of Esau and located south of the Kingdom of Judah.
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D.
Northern Kingdom of Israel
The Northern Kingdom of Israel was an ancient Israelite monarchy that split from Judah after Solomon’s reign and became known for its distinct dynastic history, prophetic activity, and eventual conquest by the Assyrian Empire.
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E.
Mitanni kingdom
The Mitanni kingdom was a powerful Hurrian-speaking state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria during the mid–second millennium BCE, known for its chariotry, diplomacy with Egypt and the Hittites, and influence over the ancient Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient kingdom ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
cultic installations
ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Dhiban
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khirbat al-Mudayna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalFigureAssociated |
Balaam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Balak, king of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth the Moabite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFeature |
Arnon River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zered River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Dibon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chiefDeity | Chemosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Kingdom of Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| declineCause | Assyrian expansion ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
control of trade routes ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Moabites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruitCentury |
8th century BCE
ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Assyrian records
ⓘ
biblical accounts ⓘ epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| language | Moabite language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterControlBy |
Babylonian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Dead Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Ar of Moab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kir-hareseth NERFINISHED ⓘ Medeba NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Isaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Books of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| neighbor |
Edom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler | Mesha, king of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherDeity | Ashtar-Chemosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Bronze Age city-states of Transjordan ⓘ |
| presentLocation | Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | West Semitic polytheism ⓘ |
| source | Mesha Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iron Age ⓘ |
| vassalOf | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abjad ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kingdom of Moab Description of subject: The Kingdom of Moab was an ancient Iron Age state located east of the Dead Sea in what is now Jordan, known from both biblical accounts and archaeological evidence.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.