Byzantine Palestine

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historical region province of the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Palestine was the late antique eastern Mediterranean region of the Byzantine Empire encompassing much of modern Israel, Palestine, and surrounding areas, characterized by its Christian and Jewish communities, strategic location, and eventual incorporation into the early Islamic Caliphate.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Late Roman Palestine 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
province of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
administrativeReformBy Emperor Constantine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emperor Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Caesarea Maritima NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Arab Muslim armies ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century ⓘ
contains Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazareth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Negev region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scythopolis (Bet She'an) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiberias NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of the Jordan Valley ⓘ
correspondsTo much of modern Israel ⓘ
much of modern State of Palestine ⓘ
parts of modern Jordan ⓘ
parts of modern Syria ⓘ
endTime 7th century ⓘ
followed Roman province of Judaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman province of Syria Palaestina NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Rashidun Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Islamic Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature fortified frontier zones in the south and east ⓘ
mix of urban centers and rural villages ⓘ
monasteries and monastic communities ⓘ
hasPart Palaestina Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palaestina Secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palaestina Tertia NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Christian pilgrimage sites ⓘ
Samaritan revolts NERFINISHED ⓘ
holy places associated with the life of Jesus ⓘ
major Jewish communities ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Coptic (in some communities) ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
various Christian denominations ⓘ
startTime 4th century ⓘ
strategicImportance control of land routes between Egypt and Syria ⓘ
proximity to Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
timePeriod late antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Muslim conquest of the Levant → location → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Palestinian Aramaic dialects → historicalRegion → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Hellenistic–Roman Judea → precedes → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Roman Palestine