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Canaanites

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Canaanites 

ancient Semitic tribes (seeSEMITES) that inhabited Canaan. The Canaanites comprised a wide variety of tribes, including Ugarites, Amorites, Cohenites, several Hebrew tribes, Moabites, and Ammonites. They spoke dialects of a single Semitic language, ancient Canaanite, which closely resembled biblical Hebrew.
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The Canaanites were living in the Levant and wanted to feel European," explained Dr.
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Aa It brings together 30 Mediterranean coastal cities founded or visited by the Canaanites, Phoenicians and the Punics -- three civilizations that share a common past dating back around 5,000 years.
League of Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic cities pledge closer mutual ... by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
The eight-metre (26 feet) high wall dates back more than 3,700 years and was built by the Canaanites to protect the city's water source from marauding nomads, said Professor Ronny Reich, the director of the excavation.
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