Byzantine Palestine

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Byzantine Palestine was the late antique eastern Mediterranean region of the Byzantine Empire encompassing much of modern Israel, Palestine, and surrounding areas, characterized by its Christian and Jewish communities, strategic location, and eventual incorporation into the early Islamic Caliphate.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
province of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
administrativeReformBy Emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ
Emperor Diocletian ⓘ
linked to: Diocletian
capital Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
conqueredBy Arab Muslim armies ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century ⓘ
contains Bethlehem ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
Gaza ⓘ
linked to: Gaza Strip

Hebron ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Nazareth ⓘ
Negev region ⓘ
linked to: Negev desert

Scythopolis (Bet She'an) ⓘ
linked to: Scythopolis

Tiberias ⓘ
parts of the Jordan Valley ⓘ
correspondsTo much of modern Israel ⓘ
much of modern State of Palestine ⓘ
parts of modern Jordan ⓘ
parts of modern Syria ⓘ
endTime 7th century ⓘ
followed Roman province of Judaea ⓘ
Roman province of Syria Palaestina ⓘ
followedBy Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
early Islamic Caliphate ⓘ
hasFeature fortified frontier zones in the south and east ⓘ
mix of urban centers and rural villages ⓘ
monasteries and monastic communities ⓘ
hasPart Palaestina Prima ⓘ
Palaestina Secunda ⓘ
Palaestina Tertia ⓘ
knownFor Christian pilgrimage sites ⓘ
Samaritan revolts ⓘ
holy places associated with the life of Jesus ⓘ
major Jewish communities ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Coptic (in some communities) ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
various Christian denominations ⓘ
startTime 4th century ⓘ
strategicImportance control of land routes between Egypt and Syria ⓘ
proximity to Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
timePeriod late antiquity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Muslim conquest of the Levant → location → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Palestinian Aramaic dialects → historicalRegion → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Hellenistic–Roman Judea → precedes → Late Roman Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Palestine
Eleutheropolis → locatedIn → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Bir el Qutt → culturalContext → Byzantine Christian Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Palestine
Patriarch of the Jews → appliesToJurisdiction → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Sack of Jerusalem (614) → hasLocation → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Elusa → historicalRegion → Byzantine Palestine ⓘ