Canaan
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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.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Land of Israel | 7 |
| land of Canaan | 7 |
| Land of Canaan | 1 |
| ancient Israel | 1 |
| northern Canaan | 1 |
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 (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
land of Canaan
this entity surface form:
northern Canaan
this entity surface form:
land of Canaan
subject surface form:
Book of Joshua
this entity surface form:
land of Canaan
this entity surface form:
Land of Israel
this entity surface form:
Land of Israel
this entity surface form:
land of Canaan
this entity surface form:
Land of Israel
this entity surface form:
land of Canaan
this entity surface form:
ancient Israel
this entity surface form:
Land of Canaan
this entity surface form:
Land of Israel
this entity surface form:
land of Canaan
subject surface form:
Book of Judges
this entity surface form:
land of Canaan
this entity surface form:
Land of Israel