Kingdom of Ammon

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Ammon canonical 4
ancient Kingdom of Ammon 1
land of Ammon 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite language
Iron Age polity
Semitic state
ancient Semitic people
ancient kingdom
alliedWith Aramean kingdoms
alsoKnownAs Rabbath-Ammon
linked to: Rabbath Ammon
archaeologicalCulture Ammonite material culture
biblicalAncestor Ben-Ammi
capital Rabbah of the Ammonites
conflictWith Kingdom of Israel
Kingdom of Judah
conqueredBy Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria

Neo-Babylonian Empire
continent Asia
describedAs son of Lot in the Hebrew Bible
economy agriculture
pastoralism
regional trade
ethnicGroup Ammonites
linked to: Ammonite
floruitCenturyBC 7th century BC
8th century BC
9th century BC
language Ammonite language
laterUnderControlOf Achaemenid Empire
Hellenistic kingdoms
locatedEastOf Jordan River
locatedIn Transjordan
mainDeity Milcom
Molech
linked to: Moloch
mentionedIn Assyrian royal inscriptions
Babylonian sources
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
modernLocation Amman
neighbor Aramean kingdoms
Edom
Kingdom of Israel
Kingdom of Judah
Moab
notableFor distinctive pottery
fortified hilltop sites
inscribed seals
partOf Levant
linked to: Levant region
politicalSystem monarchy
religion West Semitic religion
timePeriod Iron Age
Late Bronze Age
writingSystem Phoenician alphabet

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Referenced by (6)

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

Ammonite usedByPolity Kingdom of Ammon
land of Moab borderedBy land of Ammon
linked to: Kingdom of Ammon
Ammonite language spokenIn Kingdom of Ammon
Rabbath Ammon region ancient Kingdom of Ammon
linked to: Kingdom of Ammon