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Idumaea
Idumaea was the Greek and Roman name for the region of southern Judah, between Hebron and the northern Negev, settled by Edomites after the fall of the Kingdom of Judah. The Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus conquered it in the late 2nd century BCE and made its people adopt Judaism. Herod the Great came from an Idumaean family, and the region formed part of his kingdom and later of Roman Judaea.
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