Peraea
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Peraea is a historical region east of the Jordan River that formed part of ancient Judea during the Second Temple period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peraea canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3160002 — 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: Peraea Context triple: [Perea, hasAlternativeName, Peraea]
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A.
Partheniae
Partheniae were a group of disenfranchised Spartan offspring who, according to tradition, left Sparta and went on to establish the colony of Tarentum in southern Italy.
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B.
Elateia
Elateia was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, strategically located on the main route between northern and central Greece.
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C.
Periboea
Periboea is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Penelope, the faithful wife of Odysseus.
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D.
Apamea
Apamea was an important ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor, known as a commercial and strategic center.
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E.
Pieria
Pieria is a coastal regional unit in northern Greece known for its beaches along the Aegean Sea and the nearby Mount Olympus.
- 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: Peraea Target entity description: Peraea is a historical region east of the Jordan River that formed part of ancient Judea during the Second Temple period.
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A.
Partheniae
Partheniae were a group of disenfranchised Spartan offspring who, according to tradition, left Sparta and went on to establish the colony of Tarentum in southern Italy.
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B.
Elateia
Elateia was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, strategically located on the main route between northern and central Greece.
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C.
Periboea
Periboea is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Penelope, the faithful wife of Odysseus.
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D.
Apamea
Apamea was an important ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor, known as a commercial and strategic center.
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E.
Pieria
Pieria is a coastal regional unit in northern Greece known for its beaches along the Aegean Sea and the nearby Mount Olympus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
ministry of Jesus of Nazareth
ⓘ
ministry of John the Baptist ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Jordan River ⓘ |
| capital | Livias ⓘ |
| country |
Hasmonean Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Hasmonean dynasty
Herodian Kingdom of Judea ⓘ
linked to:
Herodian Kingdom
|
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature |
hill country
ⓘ
plateau east of the Jordan Valley ⓘ |
| governedAs | tetrarchy under Herod Antipas ⓘ |
| hasAgriculture |
grain cultivation
ⓘ
olive groves ⓘ vineyards ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Perea
ⓘ
Peræa ⓘ |
| hasType | Jewish settlement area ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | province under Roman influence ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto |
Roman province of Judaea
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman province of Judea
Roman province of Syria ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Syria
|
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Jordan River ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Transjordan ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Josephus writings
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| modernTerritory | Jordan ⓘ |
| neighboringRegion |
Decapolis
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ Nabataea ⓘ
linked to:
Nabataean kingdom
Samaria ⓘ |
| partOf |
Herodian Tetrarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
Herodian tetrarchy
Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Eretz HaKodesh
ancient Judea ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | region of Jewish population during Second Temple period ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | controlled east–west crossings of the Jordan River ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ Second Temple period ⓘ |
| underRuleOf |
Hasmonean dynasty
ⓘ
Herod Antipas ⓘ Herod the Great ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ |
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: Peraea Description of subject: Peraea is a historical region east of the Jordan River that formed part of ancient Judea during the Second Temple period.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.