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History of Palestine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4649 words) |
 | Around 1200 BCE the Hittite empire was conquered by allied tribes from the north. |
| In 722 BCE, the northern Kingdom of Ephraim (commonly referred to as Israel, sometimes as Samaria) was destroyed by the Assyrians, the elite amongst its inhabitants were deported (giving rise to the legend of "the Lost Tribes") and replaced by settlers from elsewhere in the Assyrian Empire. |
| After Alexander's death in 323 BCE, his empire was partitioned, and the competing Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires occupied various portions of the eastern Mediterranean, including different parts of Palestine. |
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| Around 200 BCE Jews lived as an autonomous people in the land of Israel, which at this time was controlled by the Seleucid King of Syria. |
| By 180 BCE Antiochus IV Epiphanes ascended to the Seleucid throne. |
| By 165 BCE the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. |
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