Iturean tribes

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The Iturean tribes were an ancient Arab people inhabiting the northern Levant, known for their martial culture and frequent conflicts with neighboring Hellenistic and Jewish states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab people
ancient people
tribal confederation
associatedWithRuler Lysanias of Chalcis
Ptolemy son of Mennaeus
category Ancient Arab tribes
Ancient Near Eastern peoples
Peoples of the Levant
linked to: Levantine peoples
conflictWith Hasmonean kingdom
linked to: Hasmonean dynasty

Hellenistic states
Jewish states
Seleucid Empire
culture Arab tribal culture
demilitarizedBy Roman authorities
economy pastoralism
raiding and tribute
ethnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
incorporatedInto Roman province of Syria
knownFor archery
martial culture
raiding activities
languageFamily Semitic languages
locatedIn Anti-Lebanon mountains
Coele-Syria
Mount Lebanon region
linked to: Mount Lebanon

northern Levant
mentionedInSource Josephus
linked to: Flavius Josephus

Roman authors
Strabo
militaryRole auxiliary troops in Roman army
neighborOf Galilee
Trachonitis
partlyAssimilatedInto Hellenistic culture
linked to: Hellenistic period

Roman provincial society
partOf border populations of the Levant
politicalCenter Chalcis
Iturea
regionType mountainous borderland
religion Arab paganism
subjectTo Roman Empire
territoryName Iturea
timePeriod Hellenistic period
Roman period

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