siege of Gaza
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The siege of Gaza was a prolonged military campaign in the early 1st century BCE in which Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus besieged and captured the Hellenistic city of Gaza, consolidating Jewish control over the southern coastal region.
All labels observed (1)
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| siege of Gaza canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16718848 — 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: siege of Gaza Context triple: [Alexander Yannai, notableEvent, siege of Gaza]
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Siege of Gaza
The Siege of Gaza was a pivotal 332 BCE military engagement in which Alexander the Great captured the heavily fortified city of Gaza during his conquest of the Persian Empire.
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Siege of Yafa
The Siege of Yafa was a 1192 military engagement during the Third Crusade in which Richard the Lionheart defended the strategic port city of Jaffa against Saladin’s forces.
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siege of Gamla
The siege of Gamla was a brutal Roman assault during the First Jewish–Roman War in which Vespasian’s forces captured and destroyed the fortified Jewish stronghold of Gamla in the Golan Heights.
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Siege of Jaffa
The Siege of Jaffa was a major 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Middle Eastern campaign, marked by a brutal French assault on the Ottoman-held port city and subsequent controversial massacres.
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siege of Rabbah
The siege of Rabbah was a biblical military campaign in which King David’s forces besieged the Ammonite capital of Rabbah, a setting notably associated with the story of Uriah the Hittite.
- 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: siege of Gaza Target entity description: The siege of Gaza was a prolonged military campaign in the early 1st century BCE in which Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus besieged and captured the Hellenistic city of Gaza, consolidating Jewish control over the southern coastal region.
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A.
Siege of Gaza
The Siege of Gaza was a pivotal 332 BCE military engagement in which Alexander the Great captured the heavily fortified city of Gaza during his conquest of the Persian Empire.
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B.
Siege of Yafa
The Siege of Yafa was a 1192 military engagement during the Third Crusade in which Richard the Lionheart defended the strategic port city of Jaffa against Saladin’s forces.
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C.
siege of Gamla
The siege of Gamla was a brutal Roman assault during the First Jewish–Roman War in which Vespasian’s forces captured and destroyed the fortified Jewish stronghold of Gamla in the Golan Heights.
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D.
Siege of Jaffa
The Siege of Jaffa was a major 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Middle Eastern campaign, marked by a brutal French assault on the Ottoman-held port city and subsequent controversial massacres.
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E.
siege of Rabbah
The siege of Rabbah was a biblical military campaign in which King David’s forces besieged the Ammonite capital of Rabbah, a setting notably associated with the story of Uriah the Hittite.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.