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The fall of the Hasmonean Kingdom marked an end to a century of Jewish self-governance, but Jewish nationalism and desire for independence continued under Roman rule, beginning with the Census of Quirinius in CE 6 and leading to a series of Jewish–Roman wars in the 1st–2nd centuries, including the Great Revolt (CE 66–73), the Kitos War ...
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On 26 February 2016 Georgia Today Group announced the release of another version of GT - Georgia Today Education. The paper is issued monthly and is mostly focused on education, technology, innovative business, international events and language learning. The main target audience of Georgia Today Education are teenagers and university students. [8]
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Hasmonean Kingdom under Salome Alexandra. The Hasmonean Dynasty had been established after the Maccabean Revolt and had gained independence from the Seleucid Empire, after which it became a powerful regional kingdom. The kingdom reached its greatest extent during the reigns of Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra, who had two sons, Hyrcanus ...
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[10] [dubious – discuss] Alexander Jannaeus succeeded in capturing, and incorporating Gaza into the Hasmonean dynasty as an independent kingdom, after a long siege. [11] [12] [13] Following the Hasmonean conquest of Idumea, Samaria, and Galilee, the focus shifted to the coastal plain.