The revolt of Channukah resulted in the emergence of the Hasmonean Kingdom, the last independent Jewish entity in the land of Israel before 1948. Despite its political and military power, this kingdom held together an increasingly fragmented people, and was soon to fracture under blows from with out and within.
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