entity · pol_kingdom_israel
Kingdom of Israel
Also known as: Northern Kingdom, Samaria kingdom
Northern Levantine monarchy clearly visible in ninth- and eighth-century inscriptions and archaeology; its formation was gradual.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
950 BCE–722 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
Neo-Assyrian and Israelite History in the Ninth Century: The Role of Shalmaneser III — K. Lawson Younger Jr. (2007)Attests Ahab's Israel within Neo-Assyrian campaign records.
Locator: Qarqar sources and ninth-century Israel - informs · contextualizes
The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity — Omer Sergi (2023)Provides a modern reconstruction of formation and identity.
Locator: state-formation chapters
Research description
Northern Levantine monarchy clearly visible in ninth- and eighth-century inscriptions and archaeology; its formation was gradual. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Polity extent uncertain
A polity is historically supported but its direct-control boundary cannot be drawn precisely.
Why does this record have this property?
Israel is securely attested but direct control, tribute, alliance, and frontier zones changed through time.
- Neo-Assyrian and Israelite History in the Ninth Century: The Role of Shalmaneser III
contextualizes · ninth-century geopolitics - The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity
proposes interpretation · state formation
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Neo-Assyrian and Israelite History in the Ninth Century: The Role of Shalmaneser III — K. Lawson Younger Jr. (2007)Attests Ahab's Israel within Neo-Assyrian campaign records.
Locator: Qarqar sources and ninth-century Israel - informs · contextualizes
The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity — Omer Sergi (2023)Provides a modern reconstruction of formation and identity.
Locator: state-formation chapters
Referenced records
- Central highlands · entity