The Philistines Invaders
The Southern Empire – The Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty (about 1550-1292 BCE)
The Egyptian Nineteenth Dynasty (about 1292 – 1185 BCE)
The Canaanites of the Late Bronze Age
Peasants’ Revolt Model
Developing a Synthesis Model
Gods and Rituals of the Canaanites – Highlights
Amorites the Oldest Canaanites
The Amorites (Sumerian MAR.TU, Akkadian Tidnum or Amurr?m, Egyptian Amar, Hebrew ’em?rî) refers to a Semitic people who occupied the country west of the Euphrates from the second half of the third millennium BCE. The term Amurru refers to them, as well as to their principal deity.
The Moabites were likely pastoral nomads settling in the Trans-Jordanian highlands. They may have been among the raiders referred to as Habiru in the Amarna letters. Whether they were among the nations referred to in the Ancient Egyptian language as Shutu or Shasu is a matter of some debate among scholars. The existence of Moab prior to the rise of the Israelite polity can be seen from the colossal statues erected at Luxor by Pharaoh Rameses II.
