Eber-Nari

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Eber-Nari was an ancient Near Eastern region of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, roughly corresponding to the Levant and parts of Syria and Mesopotamia.

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Eber-Nari canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
historical region
satrapy
administrativeCenter Babylon
administrativeLevel satrapy-level unit
borders Mediterranean Sea
Mesopotamia
capital Babylon
correspondsTo Levant
linked to: Levant region

parts of Mesopotamia
parts of Syria
economyBasedOn agriculture
long-distance trade
ethnicDiversity Aramaeans
linked to: Arameans

Judeans
linked to: Israelites

Phoenicians
Syrians
linked to: Syrian
governedBy satrap
includesRegion Cilicia (partly)
linked to: Cilicia

Judea
Phoenicia
Samaria
Syria
languageOfAdministration Imperial Aramaic
locatedIn Ancient Near East
mentionedIn Achaemenid royal inscriptions
Aramaic papyri
Babylonian documents
nameMeaning Beyond the River
partOf Achaemenid Empire
religionDiversity early Judaism
polytheistic cults
riverReferenced Euphrates
strategicImportance access to Mediterranean ports
control of Levantine trade routes
subdividedInto smaller provinces
successorRegion Seleucid provinces in the Levant
taxationRole source of tribute for Achaemenid Empire
timePeriod 4th century BCE
5th century BCE
6th century BCE
Achaemenid period
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
underRuleOf Artaxerxes I
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
linked to: Darius I of Persia

Xerxes I
usedBy Achaemenid administration

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Cambyses II deathPlace Eber-Nari