Dukes of Edom

Kingdom of Edom
Monarchy
c. 13th century BC–c. 125 BC
The region around 830 BC, with Edom in yellow.
Capital		Not specified
Political structure		Monarchy
History
•	Established	c. 13th century BC
•	Conquered by the Hasmonean dynasty	c. 125 BC

Edom (/ˈiːdəm/ or /ˈiː.dʌm/;Hebrew: ‬, Modern Edom Tiberian ʼĔḏôm, , lit.: "red"; Assyrian: Udumi; Syriac: ܐܕܘܡ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of its former territory is now divided between Israel and Jordan. Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant, such as the Hebrew Bible and Egyptian and Mesopotamian records. In classical antiquity, the cognate name Idumea was used for a smaller area in the same general region.