Iron Age Levant
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The Iron Age Levant was a culturally rich and politically fragmented region of the Eastern Mediterranean where ancient kingdoms such as Israel, Judah, Moab, and others flourished between roughly 1200 and 500 BCE.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Iron Age Levant canonical | 25 |
| Levantine Iron Age polities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6343749 — 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.
Target entity: Iron Age Levant Context triple: [Chemosh, timePeriod, Iron Age Levant]
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Bronze Age Arabia
Bronze Age Arabia refers to the early historical period on the Arabian Peninsula characterized by the development of metalworking, trade networks, and emerging complex societies that laid foundations for later pre-Islamic cultures.
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Tannaitic period
The Tannaitic period was the early era of Rabbinic Judaism, roughly from the 1st to early 3rd centuries CE, during which the Mishnah and related foundational rabbinic teachings were developed and compiled.
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Middle Bronze Age
The Middle Bronze Age was a prehistoric period characterized by the widespread use of bronze, the rise of complex urban societies, and extensive trade networks across regions such as the Near East and Anatolia.
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Ancient Near East
The Ancient Near East was a cradle of early civilization encompassing regions like Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Levant, where some of the world’s first cities, empires, and writing systems emerged.
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Late Bronze Age
The Late Bronze Age was the final phase of the Bronze Age, marked by advanced metalworking, complex societies, extensive trade networks, and the emergence or flourishing of early civilizations across the Near East, Mediterranean, and parts of Europe and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Iron Age Levant Target entity description: The Iron Age Levant was a culturally rich and politically fragmented region of the Eastern Mediterranean where ancient kingdoms such as Israel, Judah, Moab, and others flourished between roughly 1200 and 500 BCE.
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A.
Bronze Age Arabia
Bronze Age Arabia refers to the early historical period on the Arabian Peninsula characterized by the development of metalworking, trade networks, and emerging complex societies that laid foundations for later pre-Islamic cultures.
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B.
Tannaitic period
The Tannaitic period was the early era of Rabbinic Judaism, roughly from the 1st to early 3rd centuries CE, during which the Mishnah and related foundational rabbinic teachings were developed and compiled.
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C.
Middle Bronze Age
The Middle Bronze Age was a prehistoric period characterized by the widespread use of bronze, the rise of complex urban societies, and extensive trade networks across regions such as the Near East and Anatolia.
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D.
Ancient Near East
The Ancient Near East was a cradle of early civilization encompassing regions like Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Levant, where some of the world’s first cities, empires, and writing systems emerged.
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E.
Late Bronze Age
The Late Bronze Age was the final phase of the Bronze Age, marked by advanced metalworking, complex societies, extensive trade networks, and the emergence or flourishing of early civilizations across the Near East, Mediterranean, and parts of Europe and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological culture area
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historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Anatolian highlands
NERFINISHED
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Arabian Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Late Bronze Age Levant ⓘ |
| hasEconomyBasedOn |
agriculture
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long-distance trade ⓘ olive oil production ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | circa 500 BCE ⓘ |
| hasKeyArchaeologicalSite |
Dibon
NERFINISHED
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Hazor NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ Megiddo NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell es-Safi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Ammonite
NERFINISHED
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Aramaic ⓘ Edomite NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Moabite ⓘ Phoenician NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorDeity |
Asherah
NERFINISHED
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Astarte NERFINISHED ⓘ Baal NERFINISHED ⓘ El NERFINISHED ⓘ Yahweh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Aramean kingdoms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ashdod NERFINISHED ⓘ Ashkelon NERFINISHED ⓘ Byblos NERFINISHED ⓘ Ekron NERFINISHED ⓘ Gath NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaza NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ Philistine city-states ⓘ Phoenician city-states ⓘ Sidon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Canaanite polytheism
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Phoenician religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Yahwism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | circa 1200 BCE ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Aramaic script
NERFINISHED
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Paleo-Hebrew script NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
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Egyptian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of alphabetic writing systems
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intensive trade networks across the Mediterranean ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ political fragmentation into small kingdoms and city-states ⓘ production of purple dye ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Israel
NERFINISHED
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Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ south-eastern Turkey ⓘ |
| partOf | Ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodWithin | Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Iron Age Levant Description of subject: The Iron Age Levant was a culturally rich and politically fragmented region of the Eastern Mediterranean where ancient kingdoms such as Israel, Judah, Moab, and others flourished between roughly 1200 and 500 BCE.
Referenced by (26)
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