Persian province of Samaria

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The Persian province of Samaria was an administrative district of the Achaemenid Empire in the Levant, centered on the former kingdom of Israel with Samaria as its capital.

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Label Occurrences
Persian province of Samaria canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid province ⓘ
historical administrative division ⓘ
adminCenter city of Samaria ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Tell es-Sebastiyeh ⓘ
associatedWith Mount Gerizim sanctuary ⓘ
linked to: Mount Gerizim area
borderedBy Persian province of Ammon ⓘ
Persian province of Arabia ⓘ
Persian province of Dor ⓘ
Persian province of Yehud ⓘ
capital Samaria ⓘ
centeredOn former Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
tribute to Achaemenid king ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
endCause Macedonian conquest by Alexander the Great ⓘ
endTime late 4th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Hellenistic province of Samaria ⓘ
follows Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
governanceForm provincial administration under satrapal oversight ⓘ
governedBy Persian-appointed governors ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Arameans ⓘ
Judeans ⓘ
linked to: Israelites

Phoenicians ⓘ
Samaritans ⓘ
hasLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
hasPopulation mixed Israelite and foreign-descended groups ⓘ
hasScript Aramaic script ⓘ
Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
knownFrom Aramaic papyri ⓘ
biblical texts ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
locatedInPresentDay West Bank ⓘ
northern Israel ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
politicalStatus semi-autonomous province under Persian rule ⓘ
precededBy Neo-Assyrian province of Samerina ⓘ
religion Yahwism ⓘ
Zoroastrian influence ⓘ
local Canaanite cults ⓘ
startTime late 6th century BCE ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled central highlands of southern Levant ⓘ
subordinateTo satrapy of Eber-Nari ⓘ
taxation subject to imperial tribute system ⓘ
timePeriod Achaemenid period ⓘ
linked to: Persian period
tributeDestination royal treasury of the Achaemenid king ⓘ

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Assyrian province of Samerina → successor → Persian province of Samaria ⓘ