land of Moab

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The land of Moab is an ancient region east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan, historically inhabited by the Moabites and frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
land of Moab canonical 3
Land of Moab 1
territory of Moab 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region
biblical region
ancestralFigure Moab son of Lot
associatedWithDeity Chemosh
borderedBy Edom
Jordan River
land of Ammon
linked to: Kingdom of Ammon
conqueredBy Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria

Israelites
Neo-Babylonian Empire
containsMountain Mount Nebo
containsPlain plains of Moab
linked to: Plains of Moab
economyBasedOn agriculture
pastoralism
hasCapital Dibon
hasCity Ar of Moab
Heshbon
Kir-hareseth
linked to: Riblah

Medeba
Nebo
hasTerrain arid hills
plateau
inhabitedBy Moabites
knownFor conflicts with ancient Israel
vassalage to regional empires
languageSpoken Moabite language
locatedEastOf Dead Sea
locatedIn Transjordan
linked to: Jordan
locatedInPresentDay Jordan
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
mentionedInBook Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Ezekiel
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Numbers
Book of Ruth
mentionedInInscription Mesha Stele
overlooks plains of Jericho
linked to: Jericho

wilderness of Judah
linked to: Judean Desert
partOf ancient Levant
regionCorrespondsRoughlyTo central-western Jordan
relatedEthnicallyTo Ammonites
linked to: Ammonite

Israelites
religionPracticed West Semitic polytheism
scriptUsed Phoenician alphabet-derived script
timePeriod Iron Age
Late Bronze Age

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Moses deathPlaceTradition land of Moab
Plains of Moab partOf land of Moab
Nebo relatedTo territory of Moab
linked to: land of Moab
Deuteronomy 34 mentionsPlace land of Moab
Vezot Haberakhah mentionsLocation Land of Moab
linked to: land of Moab