Kingdom of Judah

The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard Hebrew Malḫut Yəhuda, Tiberian Hebrew Malḵûṯ Yəhûḏāh) in the times of the Hebrew Bible, was the nation formed from the territories of the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin after the Kingdom of Israel was divided, and was named after Judah, son of Jacob (Israel). The name Judah itself means Praise of God.

From the end of the Kingdom to Present Time

After the end of the ancient kingdom the area passed into foreign rule, apart from brief periods, under the following powers:

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587 BCE–c. 539 BCE: Babylonian Empire

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587 BCE - 539 BCE - Babylonian Empire

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539 BCE–c. 332 BCE: Persian Empire

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539 BCE - 332 BCE - Persian Empire

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332 BCE–305 BCE: Greek Empire

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332 BCE - 305 BCE - Greek Empire

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305 BCE–BCE: Seleucids

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305 BCE - BCE - Seleucid

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141 BCE–63 BCE: The Hasmonean State in Israel established by the Maccabees

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141 BCE - 63 BCE - Hasmonean State - Israel

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The area was not known as Palestine at this time.

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63 BCE–31 BCE: Roman province of Judaea

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63 BCE - 31 BCE - Roman province - Judaea

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37 BCE–100 CE: The Herodian Kingdom of Judaea, an autonomous realm within the Roman Empire. The last Herodian King, Agrippa II (c. 48 - 100), sided with the Romans in the first Jewish Revolt of 66 - 73, which saw the Temple destroyed in 70 CE.

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37 BCE - 100 CE - Herodian Kingdom - Judaea - Jewish Revolt - 70 CE

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31 BCE–395 CE: Roman Empire (which, after 395, was split in two as the Western Roman Empire - ultimately giving its name to modernity as "Western Society" - and the Eastern Roman Empire, later called "Byzantine Empire," especially after the last Western Roman Emperor is deposed in 476

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31 BCE - 395 CE - Roman Empire

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395–634: Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire

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395 - 634 - Byzantine Empire

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634–1516: Arab Caliphates with Crusader state intervals; period of the Arab Empire

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634 - 1516 - Caliphate - Crusader state

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1516–1917: Ottoman Turks, having previously conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453

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1516 - 1917 - Ottoman - Turks

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1918–1948: British mandate of Palestine under, first, League of Nations, then, successor United Nations; the Emirate of Trans-Jordan was separated from the rest of Palestine in 1922, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan became independent upon the expiration of the League of Nations Mandate in 1946.

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1918 - 1948 - British - League of Nations - United Nations

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May 1948 to present: independent State of Israel

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May - 1948 - State of Israel

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1948-1967 the West Bank was occupied by and in 1950 annexed to Jordan

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1948 - 1967 - West Bank - 1950 - Jordan

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1994 to present: semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority, governing territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that otherwise have been controlled by Israel since the Six Day War of 1967.

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1994 - Palestinian Authority - West Bank - Gaza Strip - Six Day War - 1967

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