Ptolemaic Judea

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Ptolemaic Judea was the region of Judea under the control of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt during the Hellenistic period, marked by Greek influence and shifting power struggles with the Seleucid Empire.

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Hellenistic Judea 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former polity
historical region
capital Jerusalem NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Antiochus III the Great NERFINISHED
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
country Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED
culturalInfluence Greek education and culture
Hellenization
interaction between Greek and Jewish traditions
economy agriculture
temple-based economy
endTime c. 200 BCE
early 2nd century BCE
ethnicGroup Greeks NERFINISHED
Jews
Samaritans NERFINISHED
followed Achaemenid Judea NERFINISHED
Persian-period Yehud NERFINISHED
followedBy Seleucid Judea NERFINISHED
Seleucid rule in Judea
governmentType province
satrapy
historyEvent Battle of Panium NERFINISHED
Diadochi wars NERFINISHED
Syrian Wars NERFINISHED
language Aramaic
Hebrew
Koine Greek
legalSystem combination of local Jewish law and royal decrees
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
Judea NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Southern Levant NERFINISHED
mainCity Jerusalem NERFINISHED
mainReligiousInstitution Jerusalem Temple NERFINISHED
notableRuler Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED
Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED
Ptolemy III Euergetes NERFINISHED
Ptolemy IV Philopator NERFINISHED
Ptolemy V Epiphanes NERFINISHED
partOf Coele-Syria NERFINISHED
Hellenistic world NERFINISHED
Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
religion Hellenistic religion
Judaism
startTime c. 301 BCE
late 4th century BCE
strategicImportance buffer zone between Ptolemaic and Seleucid realms
subordinateTo Ptolemaic governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia
Ptolemaic monarch
taxation subject to Ptolemaic tax farming
timePeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED

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Yehud Medinata successor Ptolemaic Judea
Hellenistic–Roman Judea hasHistoricalPhase Ptolemaic Judea
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Judea