Canaanites

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Semitic people ancient people

The Canaanites were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of the Levant known from Bronze Age city-states and frequently mentioned in biblical and Near Eastern sources.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Canaanites canonical 21
Canaanite 9
Canaanite culture 5

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Levantine Bronze Age urban culture ⓘ
biblicalRole inhabitants of the Promised Land before Israelites ⓘ
burialPractices tombs and rock-cut graves ⓘ
conqueredBy Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
culturalLegacy contributed to development of alphabetic writing ⓘ
influenced Israelite religion ⓘ
cultureArea Ancient Near East ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
city-state based trade ⓘ
maritime trade (especially coastal Canaanites) ⓘ
ethnicity Northwest Semitic ⓘ
ethnonymOrigin term used in Egyptian and Akkadian sources for Levantine populations ⓘ
language Canaanite languages ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
mainDeity El ⓘ
mentionedIn Akkadian texts ⓘ
Egyptian texts ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Ugaritic texts ⓘ
modernScholarshipView ancestors of Phoenicians and many Israelites ⓘ
neighbors Egyptians ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egyptians

Hittite Empire ⓘ
Mesopotamian states ⓘ
notableCity Byblos ⓘ
Hazor ⓘ
Jericho ⓘ
surface form: Jericho (Bronze Age)

Megiddo ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
Ugarit ⓘ
pantheonIncludesDeity Anat ⓘ
Asherah ⓘ
Astarte ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
El ⓘ
politicalOrganization city-states ⓘ
region Canaan ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Southern Levant
religion Canaanite religion ⓘ
ritualPractice animal sacrifice ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ
stormDeity Baal ⓘ
subgroupIncludes Amorites ⓘ
Amorites ⓘ
surface form: Girgashites

Canaanites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hittites (Levantine groups named in Bible)

Hivites ⓘ
Jebusites ⓘ
Perizzites ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians

Sidonians ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Early Iron Age ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
writingSystem Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Ugaritic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Ugaritic cuneiform

Referenced by (45)

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

Canaan → inhabitants → Canaanites ⓘ
Canaan → associatedPeople → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hivites
Canaan → associatedPeople → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girgashites
Judges → featuresEnemyGroup → Canaanites ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Judges
Simon the Zealot → epithet → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Cananaean
Hazor → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Shechem → culturalContext → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Canaanites → subgroupIncludes → Canaanites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites (Levantine groups named in Bible)
Perizzites → ethnicity → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite people
Perizzites → mentionedAlongside → Canaanites ⓘ
Amarna letters → secondaryLanguageElements → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Jebusites → ethnicity → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Jebusites → neighboringPeoples → Canaanites ⓘ
Ugarit → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite culture
Barak → enemyNation → Canaanites ⓘ
Israelite conquest of Canaan → opponent → Canaanites ⓘ
battle of Ai → associatedPeople → Canaanites ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Ai
Battle of Jericho → hasAntagonist → Canaanites ⓘ
Lachish ewer inscription → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Sidon Port → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite culture
Jubayl → historicalCulture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite culture
Resheph → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Moloch → worshipPracticedBy → Canaanites ⓘ
Lachish → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Levantine peoples → hasSubgroup → Canaanites ⓘ
Dagon → worshippedBy → Canaanites ⓘ
שְׁכֶם → controlledBy → Canaanites ⓘ
subject surface form: שכם
this entity surface form: ancient Canaanites
Tell Balata → associatedWithCulture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite culture
Astoreth → worshippedBy → Canaanites ⓘ
El (in some traditions) → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
subject surface form: El
El (in some traditions) → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
subject surface form: El
this entity surface form: Ugaritians
Hivites → groupedAmong → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: nations of Canaan
Hivites → listedAlongside → Canaanites ⓘ
Father of Years → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Girgashites → partOf → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite nations
Girgashites → listedWith → Canaanites ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo → opposingCulture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Semitic peoples → hasAncientSubgroup → Canaanites ⓘ
Semitic peoples → hasAncientSubgroup → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ugaritians
Iron Age I → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Canaanites ⓘ
Asherah pole → usedBy → Canaanites ⓘ
Dagan → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
Ham → progenitorOf → Canaanites ⓘ
Ascalon → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite culture
Ai → associatedWithPeople → Canaanites ⓘ