Canaanites
Ancient Levant dwellers
The Canaanites were the ancient inhabitants of Canaan, the region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Syria and Jordan.
In the Hebrew Bible, they appear as the peoples living in the land before the Israelite conquest.
The term now refers broadly to the Bronze Age cultures and Semitic-speaking peoples of this region: Canaanite religion, Canaanite languages.
Archaeological and linguistic study has revealed sophisticated urban civilizations predating biblical accounts.
Ancient Semitic people
- HittitesAncient Anatolian civilization
- AmmonitesAncient Semitic tribe east of Jordan
- MoabitesAncient Semitic tribe
- SemiticOf Hebrew or Arabic peoples
tribes · Egyptians · Akkadians · Assyrians · Babylonians · Philistines · nomads · settlers
Ancient Hebrew people
- HebrewsAncient Semitic people
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- AmoritesAncient Semitic people
- HittitesAncient Anatolian civilization
Exodus · Joshua · idolatry · pagans · dispossession · covenant · commandments · polytheism
Eastern Mediterranean coastal region
- city-statesSelf-governing urban territories
- JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
metallurgy · pottery · fortifications · palaces · temples · cuneiform · Egypt · vassal
Historic Phoenician maritime center
- CarthagePhoenician colony that challenged Rome
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- cedarsAromatic coniferous trees
Lebanon · maritime · merchants · navigation · colonization · Punic · shipbuilding · trade
Ancient Canaanite deity
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- templesHoly places or head sides
- sacrificesThings willingly given up
- idolsObjects of fervent admiration
Amorites
Ancient Semitic people
- HittitesAncient Anatolian civilization
- AmmonitesAncient Semitic tribe east of Jordan
- MoabitesAncient Semitic tribe
Semitic · tribes · Egyptians · Akkadians · Assyrians · Babylonians · Philistines · nomads · settlers · inhabitants
Israelites
Ancient Hebrew people
Hittites · Exodus · Joshua · idolatry · pagans · dispossession · covenant · commandments · polytheism · intermarriage
Levant
Eastern Mediterranean coastal region
- city-statesSelf-governing urban territories
- JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
agriculture · metallurgy · pottery · fortifications · palaces · temples · cuneiform · Egypt · vassal · tribute
Tyre
Historic Phoenician maritime center
- CarthagePhoenician colony that challenged Rome
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
cedars · Lebanon · maritime · merchants · navigation · colonization · Punic · shipbuilding · trade · murex
Baal
Ancient Canaanite deity
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- templesHoly places or head sides
- sacrificesThings willingly given up
excavation
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- potteryFired clay objects
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
stratigraphy · sherds · ruins · tombs · scarabs · seals · bronze · ceramics · epigraphy · carbon-dating
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- Ancient CanaanJericho, Hebron, Gaza, Promised Land, Jerusalem
- Ancient LevantPhoenicia, Phoenicians, Levant, Tyre, Damascus
- Ancient Near EastMesopotamia, Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Assyrian Empire
- Biblical PeoplesIsraelites, Israelite, Hebrews, Hebrew, Jews
- Biblical warfarebattle, battles, war, wars, warfare
CanaanitesIsraelites
Ancient Hebrew people
Hebrews · Jews · chosen people · Egyptians · Philistines