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  2. Canaan - Wikipedia

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    Canaan [i] [1] [2] was a Semitic-speaking civilization and region of the Southern Levant in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC.Canaan had significant geopolitical importance in the Late Bronze Age Amarna Period (14th century BC) as the area where the spheres of interest of the Egyptian, Hittite, Mitanni, and Assyrian Empires converged or overlapped.

  3. Canaan (son of Ham) - Wikipedia

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    According to Genesis 9:20–27, Noah became drunk and afterward cursed Canaan.This is the Curse of Canaan, called the [13] "Curse of Ham" since Classical antiquity because of the interpretation that Canaan was punished for his father Ham's sins. [14]

  4. Seven Nations (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Nations (Hebrew: שבעת העמים, romanized: Shivat Ha'amim) are seven nations that according to the Hebrew Bible lived in the Land of Canaan prior to the arrival of the Israelites. God instructed the Israelites to destroy these seven nations upon entering Canaan.

  5. History of Israel - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Visual History of Israel by Arthur Szyk, 1948 Part of a series on the History of Israel Early history Prehistoric Levant Kebaran Mushabian Natufian Harifian Yarmukian Lodian Nizzanim Ghassulian Canaan Retjenu Habiru Shasu Late Bronze Age collapse Ancient Israel and Judah Iron Age I Israelites ...

  6. History of ancient Israel and Judah - Wikipedia

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    According to the Hebrew Bible, a "United Monarchy" consisting of Israel and Judah existed as early as the 11th century BCE, under the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon; the great kingdom later was separated into two smaller kingdoms: Israel, containing the cities of Shechem and Samaria, in the north, and Judah, containing Jerusalem and Solomon ...

  7. Luz (biblical place) - Wikipedia

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    Luz is the ancient name of a royal Canaanite city, connected with Bethel (Genesis 28:19; 35:6). It is debated among scholars [1] whether Luz and Bethel represent the same town - the former the Canaanite name, and the latter the Hebrew name - or whether they were distinct places in close proximity to each other.

  8. Etymology of cannabis - Wikipedia

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    The authors think it probable that 'pannag', mentioned in the Bible by the prophet Ezekiel (27:17), is in fact Cannabis. [18] The Biblical Hebrew term qěnēh bośem , literally "aromatic reed" ( qěnēh- "reed", bośem- "aromatic"), probably [ 19 ] refers to cannabis according to some etymologists, [ 12 ] but is more commonly thought to be ...

  9. Biblical Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Dwelleth in Egypt painted by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, c. 1900. Biblical Egypt (Hebrew: מִצְרַיִם; Mīṣrāyīm), or Mizraim, is a theological term used by historians and scholars to differentiate between Ancient Egypt as it is portrayed in Judeo-Christian texts and what is known about the region based on archaeological evidence.