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

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 dynasty
surface form: Hasmonean Kingdom

Herodian Kingdom
surface form: Herodian Kingdom of Judea
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 Judea
surface form: Roman province of Judaea

Roman Syria
surface form: Roman province of Syria
language Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
locatedEastOf Jordan River
locatedIn Transjordan
mentionedIn Josephus writings
New Testament
modernTerritory Jordan
neighboringRegion Decapolis
Galilee
Nabataean kingdom
surface form: Nabataea

Samaria
partOf Herodian tetrarchy
surface form: Herodian Tetrarchy

Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel

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

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Referenced by (3)

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

Perea hasAlternativeName Peraea
Peræa nameVariant Peraea
Agrippa reignedOver Peraea
subject surface form: Herod Agrippa I