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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9" title="السامرة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="السامرة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%92%DC%9D%DC%AC_%DC%AB%DC%A1%DC%AA%DC%9D%DC%90" title="ܒܝܬ ܫܡܪܝܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܒܝܬ ܫܡܪܝܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="শমরিয়া – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শমরিয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Самарыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Самарыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Самарыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Самарыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Самария – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Самария" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sama%C5%99sko" title="Samařsko – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Samařsko" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarien" title="Samarien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Samarien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Σαμάρεια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σαμάρεια" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samario_(geografio)" title="Samario (geografio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Samario (geografio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87" title="سامریه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سامریه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%C3%A1ria" title="Samária – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Samária" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarie" title="Samarie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Samarie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_tSam%C3%A1ir" title="An tSamáir – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An tSamáir" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%A7%88%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84" title="사마리아 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사마리아" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Սամարիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սամարիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F" title="השומרון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="השומרון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarija" title="Samarija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Samarija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szam%C3%A1ria" title="Szamária – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szamária" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Самарија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Самарија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Samaria" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li 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class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Samarium" title="Samarium">Samarium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samarra" title="Samarra">Samarra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samara" title="Samara">Samara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shimron" title="Shimron">Shimron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sumeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumeria">Sumeria</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Simeria" title="Simeria">Simeria</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the geographic region. For the city, see <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">Samaria (ancient city)</a>. For the Israeli administration over West Bank settlements, see <a href="/wiki/Judea_and_Samaria_Area" title="Judea and Samaria Area">Judea and Samaria Area</a>. 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.ib-landform-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-landform-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-landform-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-landform-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-landform-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-landform-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-landform vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Samaria</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Views_from_Sebastia_18.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hills near the ruins of Samaria"><img alt="Hills near the ruins of Samaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Views_from_Sebastia_18.jpg/250px-Views_from_Sebastia_18.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Views_from_Sebastia_18.jpg/375px-Views_from_Sebastia_18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Views_from_Sebastia_18.jpg/500px-Views_from_Sebastia_18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><div class="ib-landform-caption">Hills near the ruins of <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">Samaria</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-lat="32.275" data-lon="35.19" data-overlays="["_f2e899e9af9e79a1551c4f7e54957dd7f5df0f9c"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/10/32.275/35.19/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,32.275,35.19,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Samaria&revid=1255257278&groups=_f2e899e9af9e79a1551c4f7e54957dd7f5df0f9c" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,32.275,35.19,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Samaria&revid=1255257278&groups=_f2e899e9af9e79a1551c4f7e54957dd7f5df0f9c 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Samaria&params=32.275_N_35.190_E_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°16′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">35°11′24″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.275°N 35.190°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.275; 35.190</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">1,016 m (3,333 ft)<div class="ib-landform-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Tall_Asur" title="Tall Asur">Tall Asur</a> (Ba'al Hazor))</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designation</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">السامرة</span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241449095">.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","SBL Hebrew","Taamey Frank CLM","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}</style><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">שֹׁומְרוֹן</span>‎</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samaria</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɛər/: 'are' in 'bare'">ɛər</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>), the <a href="/wiki/Hellenized" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenized">Hellenized</a> form of the Hebrew name <b>Shomron</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1241449095"><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">שֹׁמְרוֹן</span>‎</span>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is used as a historical and <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">biblical</a> name for the central <a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">region</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Land_of_Israel" title="Land of Israel">Land of Israel</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a> to the south and <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a> to the north.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-War_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region is known to the <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> in Arabic under two names, <b>Samirah</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">السَّامِرَة‎</span>, <i>as-Sāmira</i>), and <b>Mount Nablus</b> (جَبَل نَابُلُس, <i>Jabal Nābulus</i>). </p><p>The first-century historian <a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a> set the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> as its limit to the west, and the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Rift_Valley" title="Jordan Rift Valley">Jordan River</a> as its limit to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-War_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its territory largely corresponds to the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">biblical</a> allotments of the <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Ephraim" title="Tribe of Ephraim">tribe of Ephraim</a> and the western half of <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Manasseh" title="Tribe of Manasseh">Manasseh</a>. It includes most of the region of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Kingdom of Israel</a>, which was north of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Kingdom of Judah</a>. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of <a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name "Samaria" is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">ancient city of Samaria</a>, capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMillsBullard1990_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMillsBullard1990-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-etym_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-etym-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Neo-Assyrian Empire</a>, which incorporated the land into the province of <a href="/wiki/Samerina" title="Samerina">Samerina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMillsBullard1990_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMillsBullard1990-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Samaria was used to describe the northern midsection of the land in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine" title="United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine">UN Partition Plan for Palestine</a> in 1947. It became the administrative term in <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">1967</a>, when the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a> was <a href="/wiki/Hebraization_of_Palestinian_place_names" title="Hebraization of Palestinian place names">defined by Israeli officials</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Judea_and_Samaria_Area" title="Judea and Samaria Area">Judea and Samaria Area</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Judea_and_Samaria4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Judea_and_Samaria4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which the entire area north of the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_District" title="Jerusalem District">Jerusalem District</a> is termed as Samaria. In 1988, <a href="/wiki/State_of_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Jordan">Jordan</a> ceded its claim of the area to the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a> (PLO).<sup id="cite_ref-jordan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jordan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian National Authority">Palestinian Authority</a>) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli–Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term "Samaria"; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.<sup id="cite_ref-Caplan2011_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caplan2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samaria,_George_Adam_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Samaria%2C_George_Adam_Smith.jpg/300px-Samaria%2C_George_Adam_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Samaria%2C_George_Adam_Smith.jpg/450px-Samaria%2C_George_Adam_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Samaria%2C_George_Adam_Smith.jpg/600px-Samaria%2C_George_Adam_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2165" data-file-height="1587" /></a><figcaption>Map of Samaria by <a href="/wiki/John_George_Bartholomew" title="John George Bartholomew">J.G. Bartholomew</a> in 1894 book by <a href="/wiki/George_Adam_Smith" title="George Adam Smith">George Adam Smith</a></figcaption></figure><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, the Hebrew name "Shomron" (Hebrew: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">שֹׁומְרוֹן</span>) is derived from the individual (or clan) <i>Shemer</i> (Hebrew: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">שֶׁמֶר</span>), from whom <a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">King Omri</a> (ruled 880s–870s BCE) purchased the hill on which he built his new capital city of <i><a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">Shomron</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Philologos_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philologos-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fact that the mountain was called Shomeron when Omri bought it may indicate that the correct etymology of the name is to be found more directly in the <a href="/wiki/Semitic_languages" title="Semitic languages">Semitic</a> root for "guard", hence its initial meaning would have been "watch mountain". In the earlier <a href="/wiki/Cuneiform" title="Cuneiform">cuneiform</a> inscriptions, Samaria is designated under the name of "Bet Ḥumri" (<a href="/wiki/Omrides" title="Omrides">"the house of Omri</a>"); but in those of <a href="/wiki/Tiglath-Pileser_III" title="Tiglath-Pileser III">Tiglath-Pileser III</a> (ruled 745–727 BCE) and later it is called Samirin, after its <a href="/wiki/Aramaic" title="Aramaic">Aramaic</a> name,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shamerayin.<sup id="cite_ref-etym_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-etym-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_boundaries">Historical boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_kingdom_to_Hellenistic_period">Northern kingdom to Hellenistic period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Northern kingdom to Hellenistic period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Nelson%27s_Encyclopaedia" title="Nelson's Encyclopaedia">Nelson's Encyclopaedia</a> (1906–1934), the Samaria region in the three centuries following <a href="/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah" title="History of ancient Israel and Judah">the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel</a>, i.e. during the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Assyrian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Babylonian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> periods, is described as a "province" that "reached from the [Mediterranean] sea to the Jordan Valley".<sup id="cite_ref-Nelson_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nelson-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman-period_definition">Roman-period definition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roman-period definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The classical Roman-Jewish historian <a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a> wrote:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>(4) Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee; it begins at a village that is in the great plain called <a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Ginea</a>, and ends at the <a href="/wiki/Aqraba,_Nablus" title="Aqraba, Nablus">Acrabbene</a> <a href="/wiki/Toparches" title="Toparches">toparchy</a>, and is entirely of the same nature with Judea; for both countries are made up of hills and valleys, and are moist enough for agriculture, and are very fruitful. They have abundance of trees, and are full of autumnal fruit, both that which grows wild, and that which is the effect of cultivation. They are not naturally watered by many rivers, but derive their chief moisture from rain-water, of which they have no want; and for those rivers which they have, all their waters are exceeding sweet: by reason also of the excellent grass they have, their cattle yield more milk than do those in other places; and, what is the greatest sign of excellency and of abundance, they each of them are very full of people. (5) In the limits of Samaria and Judea lies the village Anuath, which is also named Borceos. This is the northern boundary of Judea.<sup id="cite_ref-War_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-War-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>During the first century, the boundary between Samaria and Judea passed eastward of <a href="/wiki/Antipatris" title="Antipatris">Antipatris</a>, along the deep valley which had Beth Rima (now <a href="/wiki/Bani_Zeid_al-Gharbia" title="Bani Zeid al-Gharbia">Bani Zeid al-Gharbia</a>) and Beth Laban (today's <a href="/wiki/Al-Lubban_al-Gharbi" title="Al-Lubban al-Gharbi">al-Lubban al-Gharbi</a>) on its southern, Judean bank; then it passed Anuath and Borceos, identified by <a href="/wiki/Charles_William_Wilson" title="Charles William Wilson">Charles William Wilson</a> (1836–1905) as the ruins of <a href="/wiki/As-Sawiya" title="As-Sawiya">'Aina and Khirbet Berkit</a>; and reached the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Valley" title="Jordan Valley">Jordan Valley</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Aqraba,_Nablus" title="Aqraba, Nablus">Acrabbim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexandrium" title="Alexandrium">Sartaba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tall_Asur" title="Tall Asur">Tall Asur</a> also stands at that boundary. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area known as the hills of Samaria is bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Jezreel_Valley" title="Jezreel Valley">Jezreel Valley</a>(north); by the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Rift_Valley" title="Jordan Rift Valley">Jordan Rift Valley</a> (east); by the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Carmel,_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Carmel, Israel">Carmel</a> Ridge (northwest); by the <a href="/wiki/Sharon_plain" title="Sharon plain">Sharon plain</a> (west); and by the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> mountains (south).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (June 2018)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Samaria#Changed_"Samaria"_to_"the_hills_of_Samaria",_becaause_elsewhere_it's_stated_that_according_to_Josephus,_a_segment_of_the_Jordan_Valley,_as_well_as_all_of_Mount_Carmel_and_the_Sharon_Plain,_DID_belong_to_Samaria." title="Talk:Samaria">discuss</a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Samarian hills are not very high, seldom reaching the height of over 800 meters. Samaria's climate is more hospitable than the climate further south. </p><p>There is no clear division between the mountains of southern Samaria and northern Judea.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8.JPG/300px-%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8.JPG/450px-%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8.JPG/600px-%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%A8.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Hills of Samaria, near <a href="/wiki/Yitzhar" title="Yitzhar">Yitzhar</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dothan,_where_Joseph_was_sold_by_his_brethren_American_Colony,_Jerusalem.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Dothan%2C_where_Joseph_was_sold_by_his_brethren_American_Colony%2C_Jerusalem.jpg/300px-Dothan%2C_where_Joseph_was_sold_by_his_brethren_American_Colony%2C_Jerusalem.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Dothan%2C_where_Joseph_was_sold_by_his_brethren_American_Colony%2C_Jerusalem.jpg/450px-Dothan%2C_where_Joseph_was_sold_by_his_brethren_American_Colony%2C_Jerusalem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Dothan%2C_where_Joseph_was_sold_by_his_brethren_American_Colony%2C_Jerusalem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>Site of <a href="/wiki/Tel_Dothan" title="Tel Dothan">Dothan</a> where, according to the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Book of Genesis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_(son_of_Jacob)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph (son of Jacob)">Joseph</a> was sold by his brethren</figcaption></figure><p>Over time, the region has been controlled by numerous different civilizations, including <a href="/wiki/Canaanites" class="mw-redirect" title="Canaanites">Canaanites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Neo-Assyrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Babylonians" class="mw-redirect" title="Babylonians">Babylonians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hasmoneans" class="mw-redirect" title="Hasmoneans">Hasmoneans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem" title="Kingdom of Jerusalem">Crusaders</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Turks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israelite_tribes_and_kingdoms">Israelite tribes and kingdoms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Israelite tribes and kingdoms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelites</a> captured the region known as Samaria from the <a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaanites</a> and assigned it to the <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Joseph" title="Tribe of Joseph">Tribe of Joseph</a>. The southern part of Samaria was then known as <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ephraim" title="Mount Ephraim">Mount Ephraim</a>. After the death of <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">King Solomon</a> (c. 931 BC), the northern tribes, including <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Ephraim" title="Tribe of Ephraim">Ephraim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Manasseh" title="Tribe of Manasseh">Menashe</a>, separated themselves politically from the southern tribes and established the separate <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Kingdom of Israel</a>. Initially its capital was <a href="/wiki/Tirzah_(ancient_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirzah (ancient city)">Tirzah</a> until the time of King Omri (c. 884 BC), who built the city of <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">Samaria</a> and made it his capital. Samaria functioned as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel (the "Northern Kingdom") until its fall to the Assyrians in the 720s. Hebrew prophets condemned Samaria for its "ivory houses" and luxury palaces displaying pagan riches.<sup id="cite_ref-research-projects.uzh.ch_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-research-projects.uzh.ch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The archaeological record suggests that Samaria experienced significant settlement growth in Iron Age II (from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 950 BC). Archaeologists estimate that there were 400 sites, up from 300 during the previous Iron Age I (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1200 BC onwards). The people dwelt on <a href="/wiki/Tell_(archaeology)" title="Tell (archaeology)">tells</a>, in small villages, farms, and forts, and in the cities of <a href="/wiki/Shechem" title="Shechem">Shechem</a>, Samaria and Tirzah in northern Samaria. <a href="/wiki/Adam_Zertal" title="Adam Zertal">Zertal</a> estimated that about 52,000 people inhabited the Manasseh Hill in northern Samaria prior to the Assyrian deportations. According to botanists, the majority of Samaria's forests were torn down during the Iron Age II, and were replaced by plantations and agricultural fields. Since then, few oak forests have grown in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assyrian_period">Assyrian period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Assyrian period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Samerina" title="Samerina">Samerina</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deportation_of_Jews_by_Assyrians.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Deportation_of_Jews_by_Assyrians.svg/220px-Deportation_of_Jews_by_Assyrians.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Deportation_of_Jews_by_Assyrians.svg/330px-Deportation_of_Jews_by_Assyrians.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Deportation_of_Jews_by_Assyrians.svg/440px-Deportation_of_Jews_by_Assyrians.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="423" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Neo-Assyrian Empire</a> under <a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_V" title="Shalmaneser V">Shalmaneser V</a> and the deportation of peoples from Samerina by <a href="/wiki/Sargon_II" title="Sargon II">Sargon II</a> (and possibly Shalmaneser V)</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 720s, the <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Samaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Conquest of Samaria">conquest of Samaria</a> by <a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_V" title="Shalmaneser V">Shalmaneser V</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Neo-Assyrian Empire</a>, which culminated in the three-year siege of the <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">capital city of Samaria</a>, saw the territory annexed as the Assyrian province of <a href="/wiki/Samerina" title="Samerina">Samerina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYamadaYamada2017408–409_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYamadaYamada2017408–409-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The siege has been tentatively dated to 725 or 724 BC, with its resolution in 722 BC, near the end of Shalmaneser's reign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYamadaYamada2017408–409_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYamadaYamada2017408–409-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first documented mention of the province of Samerina is from the reign of Shalmaneser V's successor <a href="/wiki/Sargon_II" title="Sargon II">Sargon II</a>. This is also the first documented instance where a name derived from "Samaria", the capital city, was used for the entire region, although it is thought likely that this practice was already in place.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMillsBullard1990_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMillsBullard1990-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the Assyrian conquest, <a href="/wiki/Sargon_II" title="Sargon II">Sargon II</a> claimed in Assyrian records to have deported 27,280 people to various places throughout the empire, mainly to <a href="/wiki/Guzana" class="mw-redirect" title="Guzana">Guzana</a> in the Assyrian heartland, as well as to the cities of the <a href="/wiki/Medes" title="Medes">Medes</a> in the eastern part of the empire (modern-day Iran).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid1908_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid1908-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElayi201750_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElayi201750-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERadner20180:51_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERadner20180:51-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deportations were part of a standard <a href="/wiki/Resettlement_policy_of_the_Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire">resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire</a> to deal with defeated enemy peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMark2014_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMark2014-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resettled people were generally treated well as valued members of the empire and transported together with their families and belongings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERadner2017210_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERadner2017210-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalley2017528_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalley2017528-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrahm2017177–178_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrahm2017177–178-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, people from other parts of the empire were resettled in the depopulated Samerina.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGottheilRysselJastrowLevias1906_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGottheilRysselJastrowLevias1906-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resettlement is also called the <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_captivity" title="Assyrian captivity">Assyrian captivity</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jewish_history" title="Jewish history">Jewish history</a> and provides the basis for the narrative of the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Lost_Tribes" title="Ten Lost Tribes">Ten Lost Tribes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMark2014_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMark2014-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Babylonian_and_Persian_periods">Babylonian and Persian periods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Babylonian and Persian periods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Achaemenid_coin_minted_in_Samaria,_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Achaemenid_coin_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg/220px-Achaemenid_coin_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Achaemenid_coin_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg/330px-Achaemenid_coin_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Achaemenid_coin_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg/440px-Achaemenid_coin_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Persian Achaemenid coin minted in Samaria, dated c. 375–333 BC. <b>Left</b>; Persian <a href="/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">satrap</a> holding lance and reins on horseback, Aramaic inscription <i>BDYḤBL</i> below. <b>Right</b>; satrap and driver in <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">chariot</a> drawn by two horses</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Achaemenid_coin,_minted_in_Samaria,_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Achaemenid_coin%2C_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg/220px-Achaemenid_coin%2C_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Achaemenid_coin%2C_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg/330px-Achaemenid_coin%2C_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Achaemenid_coin%2C_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg/440px-Achaemenid_coin%2C_minted_in_Samaria%2C_dated_c._375-333_BC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Persian <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid</a> coin minted in Samaria, dated c. 375–333 BC. <b>Left</b>; a seated Persian wearing <a href="/wiki/Tiara" title="Tiara">tiara</a> and holding bird. <b>Right</b>; Persian king standing, holding dagger and bull by its horn, flanked by an <a href="/wiki/Aramaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a> inscription which reads <i>ŠMRY</i></figcaption></figure> <p>According to many scholars, archaeological excavations at Mount Gerizim indicate that a <a href="/wiki/Mount_Gerizim_Temple" title="Mount Gerizim Temple">Samaritan temple</a> was built there in the first half of the 5th century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The date of the schism between Samaritans and Jews is unknown, but by the early 4th century BCE the communities seem to have had distinctive practices and communal separation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Much of the anti-Samaritan polemic in the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical texts (such as Josephus) originate from this point and on.<sup id="cite_ref-EJ_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EJ-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hellenistic_period">Hellenistic period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Hellenistic period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_Palestine" title="Hellenistic Palestine">Hellenistic period</a>, Samaria was largely divided between a Hellenizing faction based around the town of Samaria and a pious faction in Shechem and surrounding rural areas, led by the High Priest. </p><p>Samaria was a largely autonomous province nominally dependent on the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a>. However, the province gradually declined as the <a href="/wiki/Maccabees" title="Maccabees">Maccabean</a> movement and <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Hasmonean Judea</a> grew stronger.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transfer of three districts of Samaria— <a href="/wiki/Taybeh" title="Taybeh">Ephraim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lod" title="Lod">Lod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deir_%27Ammar" title="Deir 'Ammar">Ramathaim</a>—under the control of Judea in 145 BCE as part of an agreement between <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Apphus" title="Jonathan Apphus">Jonathan Apphus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Demetrius_II_Nicator" title="Demetrius II Nicator">Demetrius II</a> is one indication of this decline.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 110 BCE, the decline of Hellenistic Samaria was complete, when the Jewish <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Hasmonean ruler</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Hyrcanus" title="John Hyrcanus">John Hyrcanus</a> destroyed the cities of Samaria and Shechem, as well as the city and temple on Mount Gerizim.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only a few stone remnants of the Samaritan temple exist today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_period">Roman period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Roman period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 6 CE, Samaria became part of the Roman province of <a href="/wiki/Judea_(Roman_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Judea (Roman province)">Iudaea</a>, following the death of King <a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a>. </p><p>Southern Samaria reached a peak in settlement during the early Roman period (63 BCE–70 CE), partly as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Hasmonean dynasty</a>'s settlement efforts. The impact of the <a href="/wiki/Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_wars" title="Jewish–Roman wars">Jewish–Roman wars</a> is archaeologically evident in Jewish-inhabited areas of southern Samaria, as many sites were destroyed and left abandoned for extended periods of time. After the <a href="/wiki/First_Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_War" title="First Jewish–Roman War">First Jewish-Roman War</a>, the Jewish population of the area decreased by around 50%, whereas after the <a href="/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt" title="Bar Kokhba revolt">Bar Kokhba revolt</a>, it was completely wiped in many areas. According to Klein, the Roman authorities replaced the Jews with a population from the nearby provinces of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Syria" title="Roman Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia_under_Roman_rule" title="Phoenicia under Roman rule">Phoenicia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arabia_Petraea" title="Arabia Petraea">Arabia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An apparent new wave of settlement growth in southern Samaria, most likely by non-Jews, can be traced back to the late Roman and Byzantine eras.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Testament_references">New Testament references</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: New Testament references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 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.ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Religious_text_primary plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>uses <a href="/wiki/Religious_text" title="Religious text">texts from within a religion or faith system</a></b> without referring to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PSTS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PSTS">secondary sources</a> that critically analyze them.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit">improve this article</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> mentions Samaria in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 17:11–2,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the miraculous <a href="/wiki/Cleansing_ten_lepers" title="Cleansing ten lepers">healing of the ten lepers</a>, which took place on the border of Samaria and Galilee. <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a> 4:1-26<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> records Jesus' encounter at <a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s_Well" title="Jacob's Well">Jacob's Well</a> with the woman of Sychar, in which he declares himself to be the Messiah. In Acts 8:1,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is recorded that the early community of disciples of Jesus began to be <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians" title="Persecution of Christians">persecuted</a> in Jerusalem and were 'scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria'. <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Evangelist" title="Philip the Evangelist">Philip</a> went down to the <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">city of Samaria</a> and preached and healed the sick there.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the time of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, <i>Iudaea</i> of the Romans was divided into the <a href="/wiki/Toparchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Toparchy">toparchies</a> of Judea, Samaria, Galilee and the <a href="/wiki/Paralia_(Palestine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paralia (Palestine)">Paralia</a>. Samaria occupied the centre of <i>Iudaea</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>Iudaea</i> was later renamed <i>Syria Palaestina</i> in 135, following the <a href="/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt" title="Bar Kokhba revolt">Bar Kokhba revolt</a>.) In the <a href="/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talmud</a>, Samaria is called the "land of the Cuthim". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Byzantine_period">Byzantine period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Byzantine period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the bloody suppression of the <a href="/wiki/Samaritan_revolts" title="Samaritan revolts">Samaritan Revolts</a> (mostly in 525 CE and 555 CE) against the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>, which resulted in death, displacement, and <a href="/wiki/Conversion_to_Christianity" title="Conversion to Christianity">conversion to Christianity</a>, the Samaritan population dramatically decreased. In the central parts of Samaria, the vacuum left by departing Samaritans was filled by nomads who gradually became <a href="/wiki/Sedentism" title="Sedentism">sedentarized</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:Ellenblum20102_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Ellenblum20102-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Byzantine period is considered the peak of settlement in Samaria, as in other regions of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on historical sources and archeological data, the <a href="/wiki/Manasseh_Hill_Country_Survey" title="Manasseh Hill Country Survey">Manasseh Hill surveyors</a> concluded that Samaria's population during the Byzantine period was composed of Samaritans, Christians, and a minority of Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Samaritan population was mainly concentrated in the valleys of Nablus and to the north as far as <a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Jenin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Legio" title="Legio">Kfar Othenai</a>; they did not settle south of the Nablus-Qalqiliya line. Christianity slowly made its way into Samaria, even after the Samaritan revolts. With the exception of Neapolis, Sebastia, and a small cluster of monasteries in central and northern Samaria, most of the population of the rural areas remained non-Christian.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In southwestern Samaria, a significant concentration of churches and monasteries was discovered, with some of them built on top of citadels from the late Roman period. Magen raised the hypothesis that many of these were used by Christian pilgrims, and filled an empty space in the region whose Jewish population was wiped out in the Jewish–Roman wars.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Muslim,_Crusader,_Mamluk_and_Ottoman_periods"><span id="Early_Muslim.2C_Crusader.2C_Mamluk_and_Ottoman_periods"></span>Early Muslim, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman periods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Early Muslim, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman periods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant" title="Muslim conquest of the Levant">Muslim conquest of the Levant</a>, and throughout the <a href="/wiki/Bilad_al-Sham" title="Bilad al-Sham">early Islamic period</a>, Samaria underwent a process of <a href="/wiki/Islamization" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamization">Islamization</a> as a result of waves of conversion among the remaining Samaritan population, along with the migration of Muslims into the area.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated257_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated257-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fattal,_A._1958_p._72-73_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fattal,_A._1958_p._72-73-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence implies that a large number of Samaritans converted under <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tulunids" title="Tulunids">Tulunid</a> rule, as a result of droughts, earthquakes, religious persecution, high taxes, and anarchy.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated257_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated257-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Crusader era, the Franks invited a large number of Bedouins to settle in the region. Over time, these Bedouins shifted from their nomadic way of life to becoming settled inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, today much of the local population resides in towns and villages, and the Bedouin settlement may explain the tribal organization found in parts of the rural society, known as the <i>'ushrān.</i><sup id="cite_ref-:1_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the mid-<a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, the Jewish writer and explorer <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_of_Tudela" title="Benjamin of Tudela">Benjamin of Tudela</a> estimated that only around 1,900 Samaritans remained in <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria_(region)" title="Syria (region)">Syria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ottoman_Period">Ottoman Period</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ottoman Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman period">Ottoman Period</a>, the northern part of Samaria belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Turabay_dynasty" title="Turabay dynasty">Turabay</a> Emirate (1517–1683), which encompassed also the <a href="/wiki/Jezreel_Valley" title="Jezreel Valley">Jezreel Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Jenin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beit_She%27an_Valley" title="Beit She'an Valley">Beit She'an Valley</a>, northern <a href="/wiki/Jabal_Nablus" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Nablus">Jabal Nablus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manasseh_Hills" title="Manasseh Hills">Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe</a>, and the northern part of the <a href="/wiki/Sharon_plain" title="Sharon plain">Sharon plain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The areas south of Jenin, including <a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a> itself and its hinterland up to the <a href="/wiki/Yarkon_River" title="Yarkon River">Yarkon River</a>, formed a separate district called the District of Nablus.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beshara Doumani states that the prominent local <a href="/wiki/Jarrar_family" title="Jarrar family">Jarrar family</a> immigrated from Transjordan in the 17th century and became influential in Jenin by the 19th century. However, one family tradition suggests they arrived during Saladin's era.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Mandate">British Mandate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: British Mandate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> During the <a href="/wiki/Great_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Great War">Great War</a>, Palestine was wrested by the armies of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_I" title="Aftermath of World War I">aftermath of the war</a> it was entrusted to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> to administer as a <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine" title="Mandate for Palestine">mandated territory</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samaria was the name of one of the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Districts of Mandatory Palestine">administrative districts</a> of Palestine for part of this period. The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine" title="United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine">1947 UN partition plan</a> called for the Arab state to consist of several parts, the largest of which was described as "the hill country of Samaria and Judea."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samaria_from_the_Minaret_of_Mosque_(4879149239).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Samaria_from_the_Minaret_of_Mosque_%284879149239%29.jpg/250px-Samaria_from_the_Minaret_of_Mosque_%284879149239%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Samaria_from_the_Minaret_of_Mosque_%284879149239%29.jpg/375px-Samaria_from_the_Minaret_of_Mosque_%284879149239%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Samaria_from_the_Minaret_of_Mosque_%284879149239%29.jpg/500px-Samaria_from_the_Minaret_of_Mosque_%284879149239%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2730" data-file-height="2530" /></a><figcaption>The village of Samaria, c. 1915</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jordanian_period">Jordanian period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Jordanian period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a>, most of the territory was unilaterally incorporated as <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordanian</a>-controlled territory, and was administered as part of the West Bank (west of the Jordan river). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israeli_administration">Israeli administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Israeli administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jordanian-held West Bank was captured and <a href="/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Israeli occupation of the West Bank">has been occupied by Israel</a> since the 1967 <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> ceded its claims in the West Bank (except for certain prerogatives in Jerusalem) to the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">PLO</a> in November 1988, later confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Jordan_Treaty_of_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace">Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace</a> of 1994. In the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Oslo_accords" class="mw-redirect" title="Oslo accords">Oslo accords</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian National Authority">Palestinian Authority</a> was established and given responsibility for the administration over some of the territory of West Bank (Areas 'A' and 'B'). </p><p>Samaria is one of several standard statistical districts utilized by the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Israel Central Bureau of Statistics">Israel Central Bureau of Statistics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Israeli CBS also collects statistics on the rest of the West Bank and the Gaza District. It has produced various basic statistical series on the territories, dealing with population, employment, wages, external trade, national accounts, and various other topics."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Palestinian Authority however use <a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Jenin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulkarm" title="Tulkarm">Tulkarm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qalqilya" title="Qalqilya">Qalqilya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salfit" title="Salfit">Salfit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tubas_(city)" title="Tubas (city)">Tubas</a> <a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority">governorates</a> as administrative centers for the same region. </p><p> The <a href="/wiki/Shomron_Regional_Council" title="Shomron Regional Council">Shomron Regional Council</a> is the local municipal government that administers the smaller Israeli towns (<a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">settlements</a>) throughout the area. The council is a member of the network of regional municipalities spread throughout Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elections for the head of the council are held every five years by Israel's ministry of interior, all residents over age 17 are eligible to vote. In special elections held in August 2015 <a href="/wiki/Yossi_Dagan" title="Yossi Dagan">Yossi Dagan</a> was elected as head of the Shomron Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shomron_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Shomron_map.png/200px-Shomron_map.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Shomron_map.png/300px-Shomron_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Shomron_map.png/400px-Shomron_map.png 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="770" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlements</a> administered by the <a href="/wiki/Shomron_Regional_Council" title="Shomron Regional Council">Shomron Regional Council</a> in the West Bank</figcaption></figure> <p>Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered by most <a href="/wiki/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="International law and Israeli settlements">in the international community to be illegal under international law</a>, but others including the United States and Israeli governments dispute this.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_GC4_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_GC4-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2016, the Town Board of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Hempstead,_New_York" title="Hempstead, New York">Town of Hempstead</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">State of New York</a>, led by Councilman <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Blakeman" title="Bruce Blakeman">Bruce Blakeman</a> entered into a partnership agreement with the <a href="/wiki/Shomron_Regional_Council" title="Shomron Regional Council">Shomron Regional Council</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Yossi_Dagan" title="Yossi Dagan">Yossi Dagan</a>, as part of an anti-<a href="/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions" title="Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions">Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeological_sites">Archaeological sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Archaeological sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_city_of_Samaria/Sebaste"><span id="Ancient_city_of_Samaria.2FSebaste"></span>Ancient city of Samaria/Sebaste</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Ancient city of Samaria/Sebaste"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">Samaria (ancient city)</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruins_of_Samaria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ruins_of_Samaria.jpg/250px-Ruins_of_Samaria.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ruins_of_Samaria.jpg/375px-Ruins_of_Samaria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ruins_of_Samaria.jpg/500px-Ruins_of_Samaria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1559" data-file-height="1015" /></a><figcaption>Tel Sebastia, 1925</figcaption></figure> <p>The ancient site of <a href="/wiki/Samaria_(ancient_city)" title="Samaria (ancient city)">Samaria</a>-Sebaste covers the hillside overlooking the West Bank village of <a href="/wiki/Sebastia,_Nablus" title="Sebastia, Nablus">Sebastia</a> on the eastern slope of the hill.<sup id="cite_ref-Burgoyne_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burgoyne-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Remains have been found from the <a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaanite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Israelite">Israelite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Herodian_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Herodian Dynasty">Herodian</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> periods.<sup id="cite_ref-Gwynne_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gwynne-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Archaeological finds from Roman-era Sebaste, a site that was rebuilt and renamed by Herod the Great in 30 BC, include a colonnaded street, a temple-lined acropolis, and a lower city, where <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> is believed to have been buried.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Harvard excavation of Samaria, which began in 1908, was headed by Egyptologist <a href="/wiki/George_Andrew_Reisner" title="George Andrew Reisner">George Andrew Reisner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The findings included Hebrew, Aramaic, cuneiform and Greek inscriptions, as well as pottery remains, coins, sculpture, figurines, scarabs and seals, faience, amulets, beads and glass.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The joint British-American-Hebrew University excavation continued under <a href="/wiki/John_Winter_Crowfoot" title="John Winter Crowfoot">John Winter Crowfoot</a> in 1931–35, during which time some of the chronology issues were resolved. The round towers lining the acropolis were found to be Hellenistic, the street of columns was dated to the 3–4th century, and 70 inscribed potsherds were dated to the early 8th century.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1908–1935, remains of luxury furniture made of wood and ivory were discovered in Samaria, representing the Levant's most important collection of ivory carvings from the early first millennium BC. Despite theories of their <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> origin, some of the letters serving as fitter's marks are in <a href="/wiki/Israelian_Hebrew" title="Israelian Hebrew">Hebrew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-research-projects.uzh.ch_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-research-projects.uzh.ch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 1999 three series of coins have been found that confirm <a href="/wiki/Sanballat_the_Horonite" title="Sanballat the Horonite">Sinuballat</a> was a governor of Samaria. Sinuballat is best known as an adversary of <a href="/wiki/Nehemiah" title="Nehemiah">Nehemiah</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah" title="Book of Nehemiah">Book of Nehemiah</a> where he is said to have sided with <a href="/wiki/Tobiah_the_Ammonite" class="mw-redirect" title="Tobiah the Ammonite">Tobiah the Ammonite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geshem_the_Arabian" title="Geshem the Arabian">Geshem the Arabian</a>. All three coins feature a warship on the front, likely derived from earlier <a href="/wiki/Sidonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidonian">Sidonian</a> coins. The reverse side depicts the Persian King in his <a href="/wiki/Kandys" title="Kandys">kandys</a> robe facing down a <a href="/wiki/Lion" title="Lion">lion</a> that is standing on its hind legs.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_ancient_sites">Other ancient sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other ancient sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Bull_Site" title="Bull Site">Bull Site</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age#Ancient_Near_East" title="Iron Age">Iron I</a> cult site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tel_Dothan" title="Tel Dothan">Tel Dothan</a> near <a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Jenin</a>, identified with biblical Dothan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Kheibar" title="Khirbet Kheibar">Khirbet Kheibar</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Meithalun" title="Meithalun">Meithalun</a>, ancient tell which was inhabited from the Middle Bronze Age to Medieval times</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Kurkush" title="Khirbet Kurkush">Khirbet Kurkush</a>, site of an ancient Samaritan or Jewish settlement with a notable necropolis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Samara" title="Khirbet Samara">Khirbet Samara</a>, site of a notable ancient Samaritan synagogue</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a> area: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Gerizim" title="Mount Gerizim">Mount Gerizim</a>, the religious epicenter of <a href="/wiki/Samaritanism" title="Samaritanism">Samaritanism</a>, site of an ancient Samaritan temple, and Samaritan and Byzantine ruins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Ebal_site" title="Mount Ebal site">Mount Ebal site</a>, Iron Age remains on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ebal" title="Mount Ebal">Mount Ebal</a>, seen by many scholars as an early Israelite cultic site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Balata" title="Tell Balata">Tell Balata</a>, identified as biblical <a href="/wiki/Shechem" title="Shechem">Shechem</a></li></ul></li> <li>Khirbet Seilun/Tel Shiloh, identified with <a href="/wiki/Shiloh_(biblical_city)" title="Shiloh (biblical city)">Shiloh (biblical city)</a></li> <li>Tell el-Far'ah (North), identified with biblical <a href="/wiki/Tirzah_(ancient_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirzah (ancient city)">Tirzah</a>, the third capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Samaritans">Samaritans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Samaritans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a> (Hebrew: Shomronim) are an <a href="/wiki/Ethnoreligious_group" title="Ethnoreligious group">ethnoreligious group</a> named after and descended from ancient Semitic inhabitants of Samaria, since the <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_captivity_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian captivity of Israel">Assyrian exile</a> of the Israelites, according to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Kings%2017&version=nrsv">2 Kings 17</a> and first-century historian <a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Religiously, the Samaritans are adherents of <a href="/wiki/Samaritanism" title="Samaritanism">Samaritanism</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religions" title="Abrahamic religions">Abrahamic religion</a> closely related to <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>. Based on the <a href="/wiki/Samaritan_Pentateuch" title="Samaritan Pentateuch">Samaritan Torah</a>, Samaritans claim their worship is the true religion of the ancient Israelites prior to the <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">Babylonian exile</a>, preserved by those who remained behind. Their temple was built at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Gerizim" title="Mount Gerizim">Mount Gerizim</a> in the middle of the 5th century BCE, and was destroyed under the <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Hasmonean</a> king <a href="/wiki/John_Hyrcanus" title="John Hyrcanus">John Hyrcanus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a> in 110 BCE, although their descendants still worship among its ruins. The antagonism between Samaritans and Jews is important in understanding the Bible's <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> stories of the "<a href="/wiki/Samaritan_woman_at_the_well" title="Samaritan woman at the well">Samaritan woman at the well</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan" title="Parable of the Good Samaritan">Parable of the Good Samaritan</a>". The modern Samaritans, however, see themselves as co-equals in inheritance to the Israelite lineage through Torah, as do the Jews, and are not antagonistic to Jews in modern times.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archevite" title="Archevite">Archevites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritan_Revolts" class="mw-redirect" title="Samaritan Revolts">Samaritan Revolts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_burial_places_of_biblical_figures" class="mw-redirect" title="List of burial places of biblical figures">List of burial places of biblical figures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahwat" title="Ahwat">Ahwat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea_and_Samaria_Area" title="Judea and Samaria Area">Judea and Samaria Area</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230411195358/https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110268201.71/html">archived</a> from the original on 11 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 April</span> 2023</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Administration+of+Samaria+in+the+Hellenistic+Period&rft.btitle=Samaria%2C+Samarians%2C+Samaritans&rft.pages=76-77&rft.pub=De+Gruyter&rft.date=2011-10-27&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1515%2F9783110268201.71&rft.isbn=978-3-11-026820-1&rft.aulast=Du%C5%A1ek&rft.aufirst=Jan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.degruyter.com%2Fdocument%2Fdoi%2F10.1515%2F9783110268201.71%2Fhtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaviv2019" class="citation journal cs1">Raviv, Dvir (3 July 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03344355.2019.1650500">"Granting of the Toparchies of Ephraim, Ramathaim and Lod to Hasmonean Judea"</a>. <i>Tel Aviv</i>. <b>46</b> (2): 267–285. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F03344355.2019.1650500">10.1080/03344355.2019.1650500</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0334-4355">0334-4355</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:211674477">211674477</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tel+Aviv&rft.atitle=Granting+of+the+Toparchies+of+Ephraim%2C+Ramathaim+and+Lod+to+Hasmonean+Judea&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=267-285&rft.date=2019-07-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A211674477%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=0334-4355&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F03344355.2019.1650500&rft.aulast=Raviv&rft.aufirst=Dvir&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1080%2F03344355.2019.1650500&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See: Jonathan Bourgel, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/42119968/The_Samaritans_during_the_Hasmonean_Period_The_Affirmation_of_a_Discrete_Identity">The Destruction of the Samaritan Temple by John Hyrcanus: A Reconsideration</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220318162438/https://www.academia.edu/42119968/The_Samaritans_during_the_Hasmonean_Period_The_Affirmation_of_a_Discrete_Identity">Archived</a> 2022-03-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>", <i>JBL</i> 135/3 (2016), pp. 505-523; <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.academia.edu/34049422/The_Destruction_of_the_Samaritan_Temple_by_John_Hyrcanus_A_Reconsideration">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190620130651/https://www.academia.edu/34049422/The_Destruction_of_the_Samaritan_Temple_by_John_Hyrcanus_A_Reconsideration">Archived</a> 2019-06-20 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. See also idem, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/11/628/htm">"The Samaritans during the Hasmonean Period: The Affirmation of a Discrete Identity?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220119013131/https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/11/628/htm">Archived</a> 2022-01-19 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Religions 2019, 10(11), 628.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">קליין, א' (2011). <i>היבטים בתרבות החומרית של יהודה הכפרית בתקופה הרומית המאוחרת</i> <i>(135–324 לסה"נ)</i>. עבודת דוקטור, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן. עמ' 314–315. (Hebrew)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">שדמן, ע' (2016). <i>בין נחל רבה לנחל שילה: תפרוסת היישוב הכפרי בתקופות ההלניסטית, הרומית והביזנטית לאור חפירות וסקרים</i>. עבודת דוקטור, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן. עמ' 271–275. (Hebrew)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Finkelstein, I. 1993. The Southern Samarian Hills Survey. In E. Stern (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, Carta, Vol. 4, pp. 1314.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#17:11" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 17:11–20</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#4:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 4:1–26</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Acts#8:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Acts">Acts 8:1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Acts#8:4" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Acts">Acts 8:4–8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#4:4" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 4:4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:Ellenblum20102-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:Ellenblum20102_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEllenblum2010" class="citation book cs1">Ellenblum, Ronnie (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://worldcat.org/oclc/958547332"><i>Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-511-58534-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-511-58534-0"><bdi>978-0-511-58534-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/958547332">958547332</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230710040327/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958547332">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-07-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-02-05</span></span>. <q>From the data given above it can be concluded that the Muslim population of Central Samaria, during the early Muslim period, was not an autochthonous population which had converted to Christianity. They arrived there either by way of migration or as a result of a process of sedentarization of the nomads who had filled the vacuum created by the departing Samaritans at the end of the Byzantine period [...] To sum up: in the only rural region in Palestine in which, according to all the written and archeological sources, the process of Islamization was completed already in the twelfth century, there occurred events consistent with the model propounded by Levtzion and Vryonis: the region was abandoned by its original sedentary population and the subsequent vacuum was apparently filled by nomads who, at a later stage, gradually became sedentarized</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Frankish+Rural+Settlement+in+the+Latin+Kingdom+of+Jerusalem.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F958547332&rft.isbn=978-0-511-58534-0&rft.aulast=Ellenblum&rft.aufirst=Ronnie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fworldcat.org%2Foclc%2F958547332&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">זרטל, א' (1992). <i>סקר הר מנשה</i>. קער שכם, כרך ראשון. תל-אביב וחיפה: אוניברסיטת חיפה ומשרד הביטחון. (Hebrew) 63–62.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">זרטל, א' (1996). <i>סקר הר מנשה. העמקים המזרחיים וספר המדבר, כרך שני</i>. תל-אביב וחיפה: אוניברסיטת חיפה ומשרד הביטחון. 93–91 (Hebrew)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">די סגני, ל' (2002). מרידות השומרונים בארץ-ישראל הביזנטית. בתוך א' שטרן וח' אשל (עורכים), <i>ספר השומרונים</i>. ירושלים: יד יצחק בן-צבי, רשות העתיקות, המנהל האזרחי ליהודה ושומרון קצין מטה לארכיאולוגיה, עמ' 454–480. (Hebrew)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">מגן, י' 2002 .השומרונים בתקופה הרומית – הביזנטית. בתוך א' שטרן וח' אשל (עורכים), <i>ספר השומרונים</i>. ירושלים: יד יצחק בן-צבי, רשות העתיקות, המנהל האזרחי ליהודה ושומרון קצין מטה לארכיאולוגיה, עמ' 213–244. 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Mercer University Press. pp. 788–789. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86554-373-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-86554-373-7"><bdi>978-0-86554-373-7</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 May</span> 2018</span>. <q>Sargon ... named the new province, which included what formerly was Israel,<i>Samerina</i>. Thus the territorial designation is credited to the Assyrians and dated to that time; however, "Samaria" probably long before alteratively designated Israel when Samaria became the capital.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mercer+Dictionary+of+the+Bible&rft.pages=788-789&rft.pub=Mercer+University+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0-86554-373-7&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dgoq0VWw9rGIC%26q%3Dsamaria&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRadner2017" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Karen_Radner" title="Karen Radner">Radner, Karen</a> (2017). "Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Neo-Assyrian Period". In E. Frahm (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nhsmDwAAQBAJ"><i>A Companion to Assyria</i></a>. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-444-33593-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-444-33593-4"><bdi>978-1-444-33593-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Economy%2C+Society%2C+and+Daily+Life+in+the+Neo-Assyrian+Period&rft.btitle=A+Companion+to+Assyria&rft.place=Hoboken&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1-444-33593-4&rft.aulast=Radner&rft.aufirst=Karen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnhsmDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRadner2018" class="citation audio-visual cs1">Radner, Karen (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180509150926/https://www.coursera.org/learn/organising-empire-assyrian-way/lecture/6cf1C/focus-on-population-management"><i>Focus on Population Management</i></a> (video). 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New York: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Appleton_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Appleton Company">Robert Appleton Company</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Captivities+of+the+Israelites&rft.btitle=The+Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Robert+Appleton+Company&rft.date=1908&rft.aulast=Reid&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newadvent.org%2Fcathen%2F03315a.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYamadaYamada2017" class="citation book cs1">Yamada, Keiko; Yamada, Shiego (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/35496181">"Shalmaneser V and His Era, Revisited"</a>. In Baruchi-Unna, Amitai; Forti, Tova; Aḥituv, Shmuel; Ephʿal, Israel; Tigay, Jeffrey H. (eds.). <i>"Now It Happened in Those Days": Studies in Biblical, Assyrian, and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday</i>. Vol. 2. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1575067612" title="Special:BookSources/978-1575067612"><bdi>978-1575067612</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220209215302/https://www.academia.edu/35496181">Archived</a> from the original on 2022-02-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-08-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Shalmaneser+V+and+His+Era%2C+Revisited&rft.btitle=%22Now+It+Happened+in+Those+Days%22%3A+Studies+in+Biblical%2C+Assyrian%2C+and+Other+Ancient+Near+Eastern+Historiography+Presented+to+Mordechai+Cogan+on+His+75th+Birthday&rft.place=Winona+Lake%2C+Indiana&rft.pub=Eisenbrauns&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1575067612&rft.aulast=Yamada&rft.aufirst=Keiko&rft.au=Yamada%2C+Shiego&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F35496181&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samaria&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBecking1992" class="citation book cs1">Becking, B. (1992). <i>The Fall of Samaria: An Historical and Archaeological Study</i>. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-09633-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-09633-2"><bdi>978-90-04-09633-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fall+of+Samaria%3A+An+Historical+and+Archaeological+Study&rft.place=Leiden%3B+New+York&rft.pub=E.+J.+Brill&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-90-04-09633-2&rft.aulast=Becking&rft.aufirst=B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFranklin2003" class="citation journal cs1">Franklin, N. (2003). "The Tombs of the Kings of Israel". <i>Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins</i>. <b>119</b> (1): 1–11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Zeitschrift+des+Deutschen+Pal%C3%A4stina-Vereins&rft.atitle=The+Tombs+of+the+Kings+of+Israel&rft.volume=119&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-11&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Franklin&rft.aufirst=N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFranklin2004" class="citation journal cs1">Franklin, N. (2004). "Samaria: from the Bedrock to the Omride Palace". <i>Levant</i>. <b>36</b>: 189–202. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1179%2Flev.2004.36.1.189">10.1179/lev.2004.36.1.189</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162217071">162217071</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Levant&rft.atitle=Samaria%3A+from+the+Bedrock+to+the+Omride+Palace&rft.volume=36&rft.pages=189-202&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1179%2Flev.2004.36.1.189&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A162217071%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Franklin&rft.aufirst=N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPark2012" class="citation journal cs1">Park, Sung Jin (2012). "A New Historical Reconstruction of the Fall of Samaria". <i>Biblica</i>. <b>93</b> (1): 98–106.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Biblica&rft.atitle=A+New+Historical+Reconstruction+of+the+Fall+of+Samaria&rft.volume=93&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=98-106&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Park&rft.aufirst=Sung+Jin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRainey1988" class="citation journal cs1">Rainey, A. F. (November 1988). "Toward a Precise Date for the Samaria Ostraca". <i>Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research</i>. <b>272</b> (272): 69–74. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1356786">10.2307/1356786</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1356786">1356786</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163297693">163297693</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+of+the+American+Schools+of+Oriental+Research&rft.atitle=Toward+a+Precise+Date+for+the+Samaria+Ostraca&rft.volume=272&rft.issue=272&rft.pages=69-74&rft.date=1988-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A163297693%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1356786%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F1356786&rft.aulast=Rainey&rft.aufirst=A.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStager1990" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Stager, L. E. (February–May 1990). "Shemer's Estate". <i>Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research</i>. 277/278 (277): 93–107. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1357375">10.2307/1357375</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1357375">1357375</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163576333">163576333</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+of+the+American+Schools+of+Oriental+Research&rft.atitle=Shemer%27s+Estate&rft.volume=277%2F278&rft.issue=277&rft.pages=93-107&rft.date=1990-02%2F1990-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A163576333%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1357375%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F1357375&rft.aulast=Stager&rft.aufirst=L.+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamaria" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Tappy, R. E. (2006). "The Provenance of the Unpublished Ivories from Samaria", pp. 637–56 in <i>"I Will Speak the Riddles of Ancient Times" (Ps 78:2b): Archaeological and Historical Studies in Honor of Amihai Mazar on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday</i>, A. M. Maeir and P. de Miroschedji, eds. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.</li> <li>Tappy, R. E. (2007). "The Final Years of Israelite Samaria: Toward a Dialogue Between Texts and Archaeology", pp. 258–79 in <i>Up to the Gates of Ekron: Essays on the Archaeology and History of the Eastern Mediterranean in Honor of Seymour Gitin</i>, S. White Crawford, A. Ben-Tor, J. P. Dessel, W. G. Dever, A. Mazar, and J. Aviram, eds. Jerusalem: The W. F. 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title="Byblos">Byblos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebla" title="Ebla">Ebla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugarit" title="Ugarit">Ugarit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urkesh" title="Urkesh">Urkesh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akkadian_Empire" title="Akkadian Empire">Akkadian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alashiya" title="Alashiya">Alashiya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Amorites" title="Amorites">Amorite states</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alalakh" title="Alalakh">Alalakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amurru_kingdom" title="Amurru kingdom">Amurru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andarig" title="Andarig">Andarig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apum" title="Apum">Apum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Babylonian_Empire" 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title="Amqu">Amqu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aram_(region)" title="Aram (region)">Aram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barga_(kingdom)" title="Barga (kingdom)">Barga</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Canaan" title="Canaan">Canaanite city-states</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amalek" title="Amalek">Amalek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arqa" title="Arqa">Arqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arwad" title="Arwad">Arwad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascalon" title="Ascalon">Ascalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Ashtara" title="Tell Ashtara">Aštartu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Gaza#Bronze_Age" title="History of Gaza">Azzati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashan" title="Bashan">Bashan</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hauran" title="Hauran">Hauran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beirut#History" title="Beirut">Beruta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Gebal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damascus#Late_Bronze" title="Damascus">Dimasqu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gezer" title="Gezer">Gezer</a></li> 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