Islamic Timeline of RevelationOpen on the timeline →
Mesopotamia & LevantAsia

Edom

c. 1300 – c. 553 BCE · about 747 years approximate dates

Edom was an ancient kingdom in the south of present-day Israel, Jordan and Palestine, with its capital at Bozrah. Edomites appear in Egyptian records and in the Hebrew Bible. Archaeology shows it flourished between the 13th and the 8th centuries BC.

Key facts

Datesc. 1300 – c. 553 BCE
RegionMesopotamia & Levant
ContinentAsia
CapitalBozrah
Religion(s)Canaanite religion

Sources

Dates follow widely used reference works; many ancient dates are approximate or debated. Neutral summary for general reference.