Samaria
E28574
Samaria is a historical region in the central highlands of ancient Israel and the West Bank, known as the capital area of the northern Kingdom of Israel and a significant biblical and archaeological site.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samaria canonical | 164 |
| Samaria region | 9 |
| Samaria (region) | 3 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Samaria (Persian province) | 1 |
| Samaria (ancient city) | 1 |
| Samaria (in later northern kingdom context) | 1 |
| Samaria in the Kingdom of Israel | 1 |
| ancient Samaria | 1 |
| historical region of Samaria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T133563 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samaria Context triple: [Judea, borders, Samaria]
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A.
Judea
Judea was an ancient region in the Levant, centered around Jerusalem, that served as a major cultural and religious heartland for the Jewish people and the early development of Christianity.
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B.
Canaan
Canaan is the ancient Near Eastern land traditionally associated with the biblical Promised Land, encompassing parts of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and surrounding areas.
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C.
Galilee
Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.
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D.
Jordan
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, known for its ancient archaeological sites like Petra and its strategic political role in the region.
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E.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samaria Target entity description: Samaria is a historical region in the central highlands of ancient Israel and the West Bank, known as the capital area of the northern Kingdom of Israel and a significant biblical and archaeological site.
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A.
Judea
Judea was an ancient region in the Levant, centered around Jerusalem, that served as a major cultural and religious heartland for the Jewish people and the early development of Christianity.
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B.
Canaan
Canaan is the ancient Near Eastern land traditionally associated with the biblical Promised Land, encompassing parts of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and surrounding areas.
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C.
Galilee
Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.
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D.
Jordan
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, known for its ancient archaeological sites like Petra and its strategic political role in the region.
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E.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
biblical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| approximateFoundationCentury | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| arabicName | as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance | major Iron Age and classical-period remains ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Samaritans ⓘ |
| biblicalRole |
center of the northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
symbol of the northern tribes in prophetic literature ⓘ |
| borders |
Coastal Plain of Israel to the west
ⓘ
Galilee to the north ⓘ
linked to:
Galilee
Jordan Valley to the east ⓘ Judea to the south ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| conqueredBy |
Neo-Assyrian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyria
Sargon II of Assyria ⓘ
linked to:
Sargon II
|
| conquestDate | late 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| containsSite |
Sebastia
ⓘ
linked to:
Sebaste
ancient city of Samaria-Sebaste ⓘ |
| country |
State of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Israel
|
| foundedAs | capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| foundedBy | King Omri ⓘ |
| greekName | Samareia ⓘ |
| hebrewName |
Shomron
ⓘ
linked to:
West Bank
|
| knownFor |
inscriptions
ⓘ
ivory carvings ⓘ royal Israelite architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Hebrew ⓘ |
| laterRuledBy |
Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Byzantine Empire ⓘ Early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic Caliphates
Hasmonean Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Hasmonean dynasty
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ Persian Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
West Bank
ⓘ
central highlands of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| modernAdministrativeUse | term used in Israeli administrative and political discourse for part of the West Bank ⓘ |
| modernPoliticalContext | partly within the West Bank under Israeli occupation ⓘ |
| nearModernCity | Nablus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
ancient Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Israel
|
| religiousSignificance |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| terrain | mountainous highlands ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Iron Age
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Samaria Description of subject: Samaria is a historical region in the central highlands of ancient Israel and the West Bank, known as the capital area of the northern Kingdom of Israel and a significant biblical and archaeological site.
Referenced by (183)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Samaria
linked to: Samaria
linked to: Samaria
linked to: Samaria
subject linked to:
annals of Sargon II
linked to: Samaria
subject linked to:
tribe of Ephraim
linked to: Samaria
subject linked to:
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah