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Dead Sea scrolls
15,000 fragments of about 850 scrolls from ancient Judaism

Judea
Judea or Judaea (; ; , ; , ; ) is a mountainous region of the Levant. Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Israel and the West Bank. The name is derived from the Hebrew name Yehudah, and was used during the Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Under the Hasmoneans, the Herodians, and the Romans, the term was applied to an area larger than the Judea of earlier periods. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt (c. 132–136 CE), the Roman province of Judaea was renamed Syria Palaestina.
Hasmonean dynasty
dynasty of the Judean region (140–37 BCE)
Judaean Desert
desert in the southern Levant
Syria Palaestina
Province of the Roman Empire (132–390 CE)
Herodian Kingdom of Judea
client state of the Roman Republic from 37 BCE, when Herod the Great was appointed "King of the Jews" by the Roman Senate
Palaestina Salutaris
Roman/Byzantine province (c.300-636)
Palaestina Prima
Byzantine province (390-636)
Hasmonean Judea
Jewish monarchy in Judea and surrounding regions during the Second Temple period (140–37 BCE)
Herodian tetrarchy
four-way division of Herod the Great's Levantine kingdom upon his death
Judean date palm
species of palm
En-Gedi Scroll
hebrew parchment found in 1970 at Ein Gedi, Israel