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.

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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

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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