Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites

E377983

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.

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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

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Perizzites mentionedAlongside Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites