Canaan

E14440
ancient Near Eastern region historical region

Canaan is the ancient Near Eastern land traditionally associated with the biblical Promised Land, encompassing parts of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and surrounding areas.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Canaan canonical 81
land of Canaan 9
Land of Israel 7

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedLanguage Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Canaanite languages

Hebrew ⓘ
Phoenician ⓘ
associatedPeople Amorites ⓘ
Canaanites ⓘ
surface form: Girgashites

Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittites

Canaanites ⓘ
surface form: Hivites

Jews ⓘ
surface form: Israelites

Jebusites ⓘ
Perizzites ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians
biblicalRole land conquered by Joshua according to the Bible ⓘ
land promised to Abraham and his descendants ⓘ
borderedBy Lebanon Mountains ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
Syrian Desert ⓘ
capital no single unified capital ⓘ
conqueredBy Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Tribe of Judah ⓘ
surface form: Israelite tribes

Macedon ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalLegacy foundation for Phoenician civilization ⓘ
influenced Israelite religion and culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
etymology name possibly related to Hurrian or Northwest Semitic roots ⓘ
inhabitants Canaanites ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
majorCity Byblos ⓘ
Hazor ⓘ
Jericho ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Megiddo ⓘ
Shechem ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
Ugarit ⓘ
majorDeity Anat ⓘ
Asherah ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
El ⓘ
mentionedIn Amarna letters ⓘ
Egyptian texts ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

Ugaritic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Ugaritic texts
overlapsWith Lebanon ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
surface form: modern State of Israel

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Syria

western Jordan ⓘ
partOf Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Near East

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
politicalStructure city-states ⓘ
religion Canaanite polytheism ⓘ
religiousSignificance Holy Land ⓘ
surface form: Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible
strategicImportance control of trade routes between Egypt and Mesopotamia ⓘ
land bridge between Africa and Asia ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (112)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

creationOfStateOfIsrael → tookPlaceIn → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Talmud → compiledIn → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Jewish diaspora → isRelatedTo → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Tiberias → partOf → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Hebrews → region → Canaan ⓘ
Zionism → relatedPlace → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Judea → partOf → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Halakha → developedIn → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Israel
Menorah → originatesFrom → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israel
Abraham → associatedWithPlace → Canaan ⓘ
Jacob → livedIn → Canaan ⓘ
Patriarch Isaac → birthPlace → Canaan ⓘ
Judges → settingRegion → Canaan ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Judges
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Joshua → centralLocation → Canaan ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Joshua
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Jericho → historicalRegion → Canaan ⓘ
Genesis 23 → mainLocation → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Ephron the Hittite → residence → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Northwest Semitic → spokenIn → Canaan ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite script → region → Canaan ⓘ
Sidon → partOf → Canaan ⓘ
Sarah → traveledTo → Canaan ⓘ
Baal → region → Canaan ⓘ
Gaza City → historicalRegion → Canaan ⓘ
Joseph and His Brothers → setting → Canaan ⓘ
Leah → residenceNarrative → Canaan ⓘ
Jebus → locatedIn → Canaan ⓘ
Ancient Israel → partOf → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Land of Canaan
Shechem → locatedIn → Canaan ⓘ
Anat → worshipRegion → Canaan ⓘ
Israelites → traditionalTerritory → Canaan ⓘ
Astarte → worshippedIn → Canaan ⓘ
Asher → associatedWithTribeTerritory → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Canaan
Rachel → residesIn → Canaan ⓘ
Canaanites → region → Canaan ⓘ
Perizzites → inhabitedRegion → Canaan ⓘ
Perizzites → inhabitedRegion → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Thutmose III → campaignRegion → Canaan ⓘ
Amenhotep II → campaignRegion → Canaan ⓘ
Jebusites → region → Canaan ⓘ
Ugarit → partOf → Canaan ⓘ
Amorites → region → Canaan ⓘ
Plains of Moab → adjacentTo → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Book of Joshua → setting → Canaan ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon → traditionalAncestralTerritory → Canaan ⓘ
Yusuf → birthPlace → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Song of Deborah → setting → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Call of Abraham → destinationRegion → Canaan ⓘ
Call of Abraham → destinationRegion → Canaan ⓘ
this entity surface form: land of Canaan
Stories of Jacob → associatedWithPlace → Canaan ⓘ
Patriarchs of Israel → associatedWithRegion → Canaan ⓘ