List of Jewish states and dynasties

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This is a list of dynasties and states that have historically had ties to either ethnic Jews or their religion of Judaism.

States by region[edit]

Southern Levant[edit]

Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), c. 1047–930 BCE^[1]^{[page needed]}
Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), c. 930–720 BCE^[2]^{[dead link]}
Kingdom of Judah, c. 930–587/586 BCE^[3]^{[page needed]}
Hasmonean dynasty, c. 140–37 BCE^[4]
Herodian dynasty, 47 BCE–100 CE
Judean provisional government, 66–68 CE
Bar Kokhba Jewish state, 132–135 CE
State of Israel, 1948 CE–present^[5]

Wider Middle East[edit]

Himyarite Kingdom, Yemen, 110 BCE–525 CE^[6]
Nehardea, Mesopotamia, 18–33 CE (ruled by Anilai and Asinai of the Parthian Empire)
Adiabene, Mesopotamia, c. 30–115 CE
Mahoza Kingdom, Mesopotamia, 495–502 CE (established by Mar-Zutra II)

Africa[edit]

Kingdom of Simien, Ethiopia^[7]

Europe[edit]

Khazar Kingdom, c. 750–950 CE (semi-nomadic Turkic state in the Caucasus whose ruling royal elite seems to have converted to Judaism, although the extent to which it was adopted by commoners is highly debated)^[8]

Proposed[edit]

Medieval French Jewish vassal state, 768–900 CE (purportedly established during the Reconquista)
Brutakhi, early 13th century Turkic polity whose Jewishness is debatable; possibly either a Khazar remnant state or Jewish splinter state from the Cuman-Kipchak Confederation

See also[edit]

References[edit]

^ Vaux, Roland De (March 25, 1997). Ancient Israel: Its Life and Instructions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802842787 – via Google Books.
^ "The Biblical Northern Kingdom Of Israel (Samaria)". WorldAtlas.
^ Pioske, Daniel (February 11, 2015). David's Jerusalem: Between Memory and History. Routledge. ISBN 9781317548911 – via Google Books.
^ Spiro, Rabbi Ken. "History Crash Course #29: Revolt of the Maccabees". aishcom.
^ "State of Israel proclaimed". HISTORY.
^ David, Ariel (November 29, 2017). "Before Islam: When Saudi Arabia Was a Jewish Kingdom". Haaretz.
^ Steven Kaplan, The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia, p. 94
^ Simon Schama, The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BC-1492 AD, p. 266

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