entity · pol_philistine_city_system
Philistine City System
A grouped set of related or successor political entities.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1200 BCE–600 BCE
Precision: not specified
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Properties and assignments
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Early Iron Age
The period following the regional ends of the Bronze Age, represented here as a transformation rather than an instantaneous universal boundary.
Why does this record have this property?
The Philistine city system emerged in the southern Levant during the Early Iron Age.
- The Philistines and Other ‘Sea Peoples’ in Text and Archaeology
supports assignment - Ancient DNA Sheds Light on the Genetic Origins of Early Iron Age Philistines
supports assignment
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity record
The Philistines and Other ‘Sea Peoples’ in Text and Archaeology (2013)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Philistine City System.
- supports · supports entity record
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on the Genetic Origins of Early Iron Age Philistines — Michal Feldman, Daniel M. Master, Ruth Bianco, Marta Burri, Philipp W. Stockhammer, et al. (2019)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Philistine City System.
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity