Maccabees

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Map of Palestine during the Maccabean period, showing territorial expansions of the Jewish state under different rulers. The map uses color shading to indicate the original state under Judas and subsequent additions under Jonathan, Simon, John Hyrcanus, Aristobulus I, and Alexander Jannaeus, with major ancient cities and geographic features such as the Mediterranean Sea, Lake Tiberias, and the Dead Sea labeled.

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Map of Palestine during the Maccabean period, showing territorial expansions of the Jewish state under different rulers. The map uses color shading to indicate the original state under Judas and subsequent additions under Jonathan, Simon, John Hyrcanus, Aristobulus I, and Alexander Jannaeus, with major ancient cities and geographic features such as the Mediterranean Sea, Lake Tiberias, and the Dead Sea labeled.

Judaea under the Hasmonean dynasty

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