Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites
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ancient Anatolian people
ancient Near Eastern people
ancient Semitic people
biblical people
collective designation of ancient Near Eastern peoples
The Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, and Girgashites are groups of ancient Near Eastern peoples frequently listed together in the Hebrew Bible as inhabitants of the land of Canaan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites canonical | 1 |
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Anatolian people
ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern people ⓘ ancient Near Eastern people ⓘ ancient Near Eastern people ⓘ ancient Near Eastern people ⓘ ancient Near Eastern people ⓘ ancient Near Eastern people ⓘ ancient Semitic people ⓘ ancient Semitic people ⓘ biblical people ⓘ biblical people ⓘ biblical people ⓘ collective designation of ancient Near Eastern peoples ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlaceName | Jebus ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Canaan
ⓘ
Gibeon ⓘ Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form:
Hattusa
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Mesopotamia ⓘ Shechem ⓘ Syria ⓘ central Anatolia ⓘ |
| capital |
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hattusa
|
| conflictedWith |
New Kingdom of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
New Kingdom Egypt
|
| culturalContext | Ancient Israelite tradition ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Anatolia ⓘ |
| fallApproximateDate | c. 1200 BCE ⓘ |
| groupType | ethno-geographical list ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding dynasties in Mesopotamian cities
ⓘ
iron-working traditions ⓘ treaty with Egypt after the Battle of Kadesh ⓘ |
| language | Hittite language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Northwest Semitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Semitic languages
Semitic languages ⓘ |
| listedAsInhabitantsOf | Canaan ⓘ |
| mentionedAsInhabitantsOf | Canaan ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| notableRuler | Hammurabi ⓘ |
| pantheonIncludes |
Asherah
ⓘ
Baal ⓘ El ⓘ |
| partOfCulturalSphere |
Ancient Near East
ⓘ
Levantine cultures ⓘ |
| politicalEntity | Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| religion |
Canaanite religion
ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ |
| religiousInfluenceFrom |
Hurrian
ⓘ
surface form:
Hurrians
Mesopotamians ⓘ |
| ruledCity | Babylon ⓘ |
| sourceType |
Mesopotamian texts
ⓘ
Ugaritic texts ⓘ archaeological ⓘ biblical text ⓘ textual ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
2nd millennium BCE
ⓘ
Bronze Age ⓘ Early Bronze Age ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ Middle Bronze Age ⓘ early Iron Age ⓘ |
| usedChariots | true ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.