Yehud Medinata

**Yehud Medinata** (Aramaic for **the State of Judah**), or simply **Yehud**, was part of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. It was located within the satrapy of Eber-Nari.

## Overview

Yehud Medinata was similar to the older Kingdom of Judah but had a smaller territory. The area of Yehud Medinata is roughly the same as the previous Babylonian province of Yehud, created after the Kingdom of Judah was invaded by the Neo-Babylonian Empire (c. 597). Yehud Medinata continued to exist for two centuries, until the Greek Macedonian emperor Alexander the Great conquered it and made it part of his empire.

## History

The exact period for Babylonian and Persian rule is still under debate.

|style="width:10%;"|Year|style="width:90%;"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|587 BCE||Conquest of Jerusalem by Babylonians; second deportation (first deportation in 597); Gedaliah installed as governor in Mizpah|
|style="text-align:center;"|582? BCE||Assassination of Gedaliah; refugees flee to Egypt; third deportation to Babylon|
|style="text-align:center;"|562 BCE||Jeconiah, king of Judah deported and imprisoned in Babylon in 597, released; remains in Babylon|
|style="text-align:center;"|539 BCE||Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II, ruled c.550-530 BCE) conquers Babylon|
|style="text-align:center;"|538 BCE||"Declaration of Cyrus" allowing Jews to return to Jerusalem|
|style="text-align:center;"|530 BCE||Cambyses II (ruled 530-522 BCE) succeeds Cyrus|
|style="text-align:center;"|525 BCE||Cambyses conquers Egypt|
|style="text-align:center;"|522 BCE||Darius I (ruled 522 ‒ 486 BCE) succeeds Cambyses|
|style="text-align:center;"|521 BCE||Negotiations in Babylon between Darius and the exiled Jews|
|style="text-align:center;"|520 BCE||Return to Jerusalem of Zerubbabel as governor of Yehud and Joshua as High Priest|
|style="text-align:center;"|520-515 BCE||Rebuilding of the Temple (Second Temple)|
|style="text-align:center;"|458? BCE||Arrival in Jerusalem of Ezra (7th year of the reign of Artaxerxes I, king 465-424 BCE)|
|style="text-align:center;"|445/444 BCE||Arrival in Jerusalem of Nehemiah (20th year of the reign of Artaxerxes I)|
|style="text-align:center;"|397? BCE (possible)||Arrival in Jerusalem of Ezra (7th year of the reign of Artaxerxes II, king 404-358 BCE)|
|style="text-align:center;"|333/332 BCE||Alexander the Great conquers the Mediterranean provinces of Persian Empire; beginning of Hellenistic age|

## Related pages

- Judea
- Parthia
- Jewish history
- Ancient history
- Classical antiquity

### Maps

- Yehud Medinata map, CET – Center For Educational technology
- Yehud Medinata Border map, CET – Center For Educational technology

## Infobox (country)

- **native name**: Yehud State
_Yehud Medinata_
- **common name**: Judea
- **status**: Province of the Achaemenid Empire
- **empire**: Achaemenid Empire, Persian Empire
- **year start**: c. 539 BCE
- **year end**: c. 332 BCE
- **p1**: Yehud (Babylonian province)
- **image map**: Palestine under the Persians Smith 1915.jpg
- **image map caption**: Yehud Medinata (in pink) under the Achaemenid Empire, Persian Empire
- **image coat**: Yehud falcon.svg
- **symbol type**: Obverse of Jewish Yehud, a silver coin from Persian period
- **flag p1**: Nebukadnessar II.jpg
- **s1**: Coele-Syria
- **flag s1**: SeleucosCoin.jpg
- **capital**: Jerusalem
- **common languages**: Middle Aramaic, Aramaic, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew, Old Persian
- **religion**: Second Temple Judaism
- **currency**: Persian daric, Daric, Achaemenid coinage, siglos
- **event start**: Cyrus the Great, Cyrus' invasion of Babylonia
- **event end**: Wars of Alexander the Great
- **today**: