Persiska Provinsen Yehud Medinata =staten Judea

Yehud Medinata

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Yehud Medinata
Province of the Persian Empire
← c. 539 BCE–c. 332 BCE →
Historical era Achaemenid Empire  -  Cyrus invasion of Babylonia c. 539 BCE  -  Conquests of Alexander the Great c. 332 BCE Under Persian rule, the Judeans had not kings but had governors, appointed by the Persian kings. Governors of Yehud Medinata Sheshbazzar, circa 538 Zerubbabel, until 510. led the first wave of Jewish exiles back to Judea after the fall of Babylonian Empire to Cyrus the Great. His family, however, remained behind in Nehardea. Following three ruling between 510 and 458 i.e. 52 years. Elnathan Jehoezer Ahzai Ezra ben Seraiah 458-430, the subject of the Old Testament Book of Ezra. Nehemiah ben Hachaliah 445-433, Nehemiah of the Bible? Thinks so, but know not. Bagoses the Persian late 400's Yehezqiyah early 300's Chara not knowing if any governor is missing in this list. After Alexander, becomes a Kingdom again, under the Seleucid dynasty. ing Reign (BCE) Consort(s) Comments Seleucus I Nicator Satrap 311-305 King 305-281 Apama founder of dynasty Antiochus I Soter co-ruler from 291, ruled 281-261 Stratonice of Syria Co-ruler with his father for 10 years Antiochus II Theos 261-246 Laodice I Berenice Berenice was a daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt. Laodice I had her and her son murdered. Seleucus II Callinicus 246-225 Laodice II Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) 225-223 Seleucus III was assassinated by members of his army. Antiochus III the Great 223-187 Laodice III Euboea of Chalcis Antiochus III was a brother of Seleucus III Seleucus IV Philopator 187-175 Laodice IV This was a brother-sister marriage. Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-163 Laodice IV Antiochus V Eupator 163-161 Demetrius I Soter 161-150 Apama ? Laodice V? Son of Seleucus IV Philopator and Laodice IV Alexander I Balas 150-145 Cleopatra Thea Son of Antiochus IV and Laodice IV Demetrius II Nicator first reign, 145-138 Cleopatra Thea Son of Demetrius I Antiochus VI Dionysus (or Epiphanes) 145-140? Son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea Diodotus Tryphon 140-138 General who was a regent for Antiochus VI Dionysus. Took the throne after murdering his charge. Antiochus VII Sidetes (or Euergetes) 138-129 Cleopatra Thea Son of Demetrius I Demetrius II Nicator second reign, 129-126 Cleopatra Thea Demetrius was murdered at the instigation of his wife Cleopatra Thea. Alexander II Zabinas 129-123 Counter-king who claimed to be an adoptive son of Antiochus VII Sidetes Seleucus V Philometor 126/125 Murdered by his mother Cleopatra Thea Cleopatra Thea 125-121 Poisoned by her son Antichochus VIII Grypus Antiochus VIII Grypus 125-96 Tryphaena of Egypt Cleopatra Selene I of Egypt Antiochus IX Cyzicenus 114-96 Cleopatra IV of Egypt Cleopatra Selene I of Egypt Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator 96-95 Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator 95-92 or 83 Cleopatra Selene I Demetrius III Eucaerus (or Philopator) 95-87 Based in Damascus Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus 95-92 Abomination of Desolation Macchabeans Philip I Philadelphus 95-84/83 Took Antioch from Antiochus X ca. 90 Antiochus XII Dionysus 87-84 Based in Damascus (Tigranes II of Armenia) 83-69 Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes or Philometor 83-69 Recognized in cities not submitting to Tigranes Antiochus XIII Asiaticus 69-64 Based in Antioch Philip II Philoromaeus 65-63 After this, the Romans			1.
1. Before Herod the Great		2. Herod the Great died 4 BC.

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Yehud Medinata (Aramaic for "the province of Judah"), Yahud Medin'ta/Yahud Medinsa,^[1] or simply Yehud, was an autonomous province of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, roughly equivalent to the older kingdom of Judah but covering a smaller area, within the satrapy of Eber-Nari. The area of Yehud Medinata corresponded to the previous Babylonian province with the same name, formed after the fall of the kingdom of Judah to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (c.597 after its conquest of the Mediterranean east coast, and again in 585/6 BCE after suppressing an unsuccessful Judean revolt). Yehud Medinata continued to exist for two centuries, until being incorporated into the Hellenistic empires, following the conquests of Alexander the Great.

Sources and chronology

The name Yehud is known from coins unearthed in the region. Archaeological evidence is quite limited, and a history of the period is dependent almost entirely on biblical sources (for many of uncertain reliability).
There is not complete agreement on the chronology of the Babylonian and Persian periods: the following table is used in this article, but alternative dates for many events are plausible - this is especially true of the chronological sequence of Ezra and Nehemiah, with Ezra 7:6-8 stating that Ezra came to Jerusalem "in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the King," without specifying whether this was Artaxerxes I (465-424 BCE) or Artaxerxes II (404-359 BCE); the probable date for his mission is 458 BCE, but it is possible that it took place in 397 BCE.