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Moab
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Moab () was an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territory is today located in southern Jordan. The land is mountainous and lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by numerous archaeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri of Israel, an episode also noted in 2 Kings 3. The Moabite capital was Dibon. According to the Hebrew Bible, Moab was often in conflict with its Israelite neighbours to the west.
Moab was an ancient kingdom located in what is now southern Jordan, east of the Dead Sea, whose existence is confirmed by archaeological evidence including the famous Mesha Stele. It matters historically because it provides insight into the ancient Levantine world and its interactions with neighboring kingdoms like Israel, as documented in both archaeological records and biblical texts.
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Key facts
- Country.religion
- Canaanite religion
- Country.native_name
- 𐤌𐤀𐤁
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Moab
- Country.common_name
- Moab
- Country.capital
- Dibon
- Country.common_languages
- Moabite
- Country.status
- Monarchy
- Country.year_start
- c. 13th century BCE
- Country.event_end
- Collapsed
- Country.year_end
- c. 400 BCE
- Country.image_map
- Kingdoms around Israel 830 map.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- A theoretical map of Canaan around 830 BCE. Moab is shown in purple on this map, between the Arnon and Zered rivers.
- Country.today
- Jordan, Israel
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- Moab
- topic's main category
- Category:Moab
- different from
- Moab
- language used
- Moabite
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0400-00-00
- inception
- 1300-00-00
- native label
- מוֹאָב
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Moab var under järnåldern (1200–500 f.Kr.) ett område i berglandet öster om Döda havet. Handelsvägen mellan Mesopotamien och Egypten förde genom landet och huvudstaden var Dibon, nuvarande cirka 20 kilometer söder om Jordaniens huvudstad Amman. Moabiterna var ett västsemitiskt folk och deras språk var närbesläktat med hebreiskan. Moabiter och israeliter var i oupphörlig konflikt med varandra om området. Mycket lite är känt om moabiternas bakgrund, men landet Moab nämns på en staty i Thebe i övre Egypten av Ramses II som regerade 1279–1213 f.Kr. Landet styrdes av assyrierna på 700-talet f.Kr. och upphörde troligen att existera som stat vid babyloniernas erövring omkring 600 f.Kr. Mesastenen som hittades 1868 vid utgrävningarna av huvudstaden skildrar den moabitiske kungen och hans krig mot israeliterna cirka 850 f.Kr. Denna stenrelief förvaras i Louvren i Paris.
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