Jewish communities in Babylonia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jewish_communities_in_Babylonia

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:museum
gptkbp:contributedTo	gptkb:Judaism gptkb:philosophy gptkb:Jewish_diaspora_culture Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:declinedAfter	11th century
gptkbp:descendedFrom	Jews exiled after Babylonian captivity
gptkbp:existedDuring	gptkb:Middle_Ages gptkb:Antiquity
gptkbp:faced	periodic persecution
gptkbp:flourishedDuring	gptkb:Sassanian_Empire gptkb:Islamic_Caliphates
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Imam
gptkbp:hadAutonomyUnder	gptkb:Sassanian_authorities Islamic authorities
gptkbp:hadCenter	gptkb:Pumbedita gptkb:Sura gptkb:Nehardea
gptkbp:hadEconomicRole	gptkb:art agriculture trade
gptkbp:hasPopulation	hundreds of thousands (at peak)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jewish communities in Babylonia
gptkbp:influencedBy	Islamic culture Persian culture
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:yeshivot_(academies)
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:legacy	foundation of later Jewish scholarship
gptkbp:legalSystem	gptkb:Halakha
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Babylonia
gptkbp:maintainedContactWith	gptkb:Land_of_Israel gptkb:Jewish_communities_in_North_Africa gptkb:Jewish_communities_in_Spain gptkb:Jewish_communities_in_Persia
gptkbp:majorCenterOf	Jewish scholarship
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Saadia_Gaon gptkb:Hai_Gaon gptkb:Sherira_Gaon
gptkbp:produced	gptkb:Babylonian_Talmud gptkb:Geonic_literature gptkb:Babylonian_Targumim Piyyutim (liturgical poetry)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:sentResponsaTo	Jewish communities worldwide
gptkbp:title	gptkb:town gptkb:Resh_Galuta_(Exilarch)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Aḥai_of_Shabḥa gptkb:Babylonian_vocalization
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7