Yehud (Hellenistic province)

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Yehud (Hellenistic province) was a small Jewish administrative district in the southern Levant under early Hellenistic rule, succeeding the Persian-era Yehud and forming part of the broader territories controlled by the Ptolemaic and later Seleucid empires.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish polity
administrative district
historical province
approximateStartAfter conquests of Alexander the Great
associatedWithEvent early Hellenistic Jewish history
capital Jerusalem NERFINISHED
centralReligiousInstitution Second Temple NERFINISHED
contestedBy Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
coreTerritory Judea NERFINISHED
currencyInfluence Hellenistic coinage
followedBy Hasmonean Kingdom NERFINISHED
follows Yehud (Persian province) NERFINISHED
governanceForm satrapal district
temple-centered local administration
hasCulturalInfluence Hellenization
continuation of Persian-period Judean traditions
hasEthnicMajority Jews
hasLanguage Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
hasMinorityPopulation Samaritans NERFINISHED
hasPopulationGroup Judeans NERFINISHED
hasReligion Judaism NERFINISHED
hasScript Aramaic script
Greek alphabet
Hebrew script
historicalRegionOverlap Judah NERFINISHED
legalTradition Hellenistic royal decrees
Jewish law
locatedIn Asia
Canaan NERFINISHED
Land of Israel NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Palestinian territories NERFINISHED
State of Israel NERFINISHED
mainCity Jerusalem NERFINISHED
nameDerivedFrom Yehud (Persian province) NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Aramaic
partOf Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
Southern Levant NERFINISHED
precededBy Achaemenid Empire rule in Yehud
religiousLawCenter Torah observance
religiousLeadershipCenter Jerusalem high priesthood NERFINISHED
religiousStatus center of Jewish worship
timePeriod Hellenistic period
underRuleOf Ptolemaic dynasty NERFINISHED
Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED

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Yehud (Persian province) followedBy Yehud (Hellenistic province)