Editing Samaria (section)

===Northern kingdom to Hellenistic period===
In [[Nelson's Encyclopaedia]] (1906–1934), the Samaria region in the three centuries following [[History of ancient Israel and Judah|the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel]], i.e. during the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Assyrian]], [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Babylonian]], and [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] periods, is described as a "province" that "reached from the [Mediterranean] sea to the Jordan Valley".<ref name="Nelson">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Samaria |page=550 |editor-last=Finley |editor-first=John H. |editor-link=John Huston Finley |encyclopedia=[[Nelson's Encyclopaedia|Nelson's perpetual loose-leaf encyclopaedia: an international work of reference]] |publisher=Thomas Nelson & Sons |location=New York |volume=X |date=October 1926 |via=HathiTrust Digital Library |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858033993563&view=1up&seq=756 |access-date=13 December 2020 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407142305/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858033993563&view=1up&seq=756 |url-status=live }}</ref>