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Samaria (other)
Samaria may refer to: Places *Samaria, historical province in the region of Palestine *Samaria (ancient city), capital of the Kingdom of Israel, roughly 930–720 BC * Samaria, Indiana, a small town in the United States *Samaria, Michigan, an unincorporated community in the United States *Samaria Gorge on the island of Crete *Samaria District, one of the six administrative districts of Mandatory Palestine during British rule *Judea and Samaria Area People * Agnes Samaria, a Namibian runner *Samaria (Mitcham) Bailey, a woman in the American civil rights movement Transport * RMS ''Samaria'' (1920), a Cunard ocean liner *''Samaria'', British Rail Class 40 diesel locomotive D228, built by English Electric Film *''Samaritan Girl'' (Korean: ''Samaria''), a 2004 South Korean film *'' Intrigo: Samaria'', a 2019 German-Swedish-American mystery film Other uses *The Samaria series of books by Sharon Shinn *Samaria, other name for samarium(III) oxide, the sesquioxide of the chemical elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samaria
Samaria (; he, שֹׁמְרוֹן, translit=Šōmrōn, ar, السامرة, translit=as-Sāmirah) is the historic and biblical name used for the central region of Palestine, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north. The first-century historian Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh. It includes most of the region of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, which was north of the Kingdom of Judah. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah. The name "Samaria" is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name Samaria likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samaria
Samaria, , also known as , 'Nablus Mountains' (; he, שֹׁומְרוֹן, translit=Šomron, ar, السامرة, translit=as-Sāmirah) is the ancient, historic, biblical name used for the central region of the Land of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north. The first-century historian Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh; after the death of Solomon and the splitting-up of his empire into the southern Kingdom of Judah and the northern Kingdom of Israel, this territory constituted the southern part of the Kingdom of Israel. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah. The name "Samaria" is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name Samaria likely began being used for the entire king ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
