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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Canaanite 4
Canaanite culture 1
Canaanite people 1

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 (14)

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

Canaan → associatedPeople → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hivites
Canaan → associatedPeople → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girgashites
Shechem → culturalContext → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Hazor → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Ugarit → culture → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite culture
Simon the Zealot → epithet → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Cananaean
Jebusites → ethnicity → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Perizzites → ethnicity → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite people
Judges → featuresEnemyGroup → Canaanites ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Judges
Canaan → inhabitants → Canaanites ⓘ
Perizzites → mentionedAlongside → Canaanites ⓘ
Jebusites → neighboringPeoples → Canaanites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canaanite
Canaanites → subgroupIncludes → Canaanites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites (Levantine groups named in Bible)