Ptolemaic Judea

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Ptolemaic Judea was the region of Judea under the control of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt during the Hellenistic period, marked by Greek influence and shifting power struggles with the Seleucid Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hellenistic Judea 2
Ptolemaic Judea canonical 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former polity
historical region
capital Jerusalem
conqueredBy Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid Empire
country Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
culturalInfluence Greek education and culture
Hellenization
interaction between Greek and Jewish traditions
economy agriculture
temple-based economy
endTime c. 200 BCE
early 2nd century BCE
ethnicGroup Greeks
Jews
Samaritans
followed Achaemenid Judea
Persian-period Yehud
linked to: Persian period
followedBy Seleucid Judea
linked to: Seleucid Empire

Seleucid rule in Judea
governmentType province
satrapy
historyEvent Battle of Panium
Diadochi wars
Syrian Wars
language Aramaic
Hebrew
Koine Greek
legalSystem combination of local Jewish law and royal decrees
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Judea
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Southern Levant
linked to: Levant region
mainCity Jerusalem
mainReligiousInstitution Jerusalem Temple
linked to: Temple in Jerusalem
notableRuler Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
partOf Coele-Syria
Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period

Ptolemaic Kingdom
religion Hellenistic religion
Judaism
startTime c. 301 BCE
late 4th century BCE
strategicImportance buffer zone between Ptolemaic and Seleucid realms
subordinateTo Ptolemaic governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia
Ptolemaic monarch
taxation subject to Ptolemaic tax farming
timePeriod Hellenistic period

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Referenced by (3)

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

Yehud Medinata successor Ptolemaic Judea
Hellenistic–Roman Judea hasHistoricalPhase Hellenistic Judea
linked to: Ptolemaic Judea
Strategos of Judea governmentalDomain Hellenistic Judea
linked to: Ptolemaic Judea