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Judea

Region in the Levant

Judea or Judaea is a mountainous region of the Levant. Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Israel and the West Bank. The name's usage is historic, having been used in antiquity and still into the present day; it originates from Yehudah, the Hebrew name of the tribe, called Juda(h) in English. Yehudah was a son of Jacob, who was later given the name "Israel" and whose sons collectively headed the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Yehudah's progeny among the Israelites formed the Tribe of Judah, with whom the Kingdom of Judah is associated. Related nomenclature continued to be used under the rule of the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, and the Romans. Under the Hasmoneans, the Herodians, and the Romans, the term was applied to an area larger than Judea of earlier periods. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Roman province of Judaea was renamed Syria Palaestina.

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  • 1099The mostly French army of the First Crusade conquered Jerusalem from the Seljuks and expanded the territory they held in the following years.
  • 1596The Ottoman census recorded Birzeit and Jifna as wholly Muslim villages, while Taybeh had 63 Muslim families and 23 Christian families.
  • 1937The geographical terms "Samaria and Judea" were used in reports to the League of Nations Mandatory Committee.
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