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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3654774 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites Context triple: [Perizzites, mentionedAlongside, Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites]
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A.
Amorites
The Amorites were an ancient Semitic people prominent in the Near East during the early second millennium BCE, known for establishing powerful kingdoms such as Babylon and for their presence in regions including Canaan and Mesopotamia.
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B.
Canaanites
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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C.
Arameans
The Arameans were an ancient Semitic people of the Near East who spoke Aramaic and established a number of small kingdoms in regions of modern-day Syria and Mesopotamia.
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D.
sons of Heth
The sons of Heth are a group of Hittite inhabitants of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible, known especially as the landowners from whom Abraham purchases a burial site for Sarah in Genesis 23.
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E.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites Target entity description: 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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A.
Amorites
The Amorites were an ancient Semitic people prominent in the Near East during the early second millennium BCE, known for establishing powerful kingdoms such as Babylon and for their presence in regions including Canaan and Mesopotamia.
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B.
Canaanites
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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C.
Arameans
The Arameans were an ancient Semitic people of the Near East who spoke Aramaic and established a number of small kingdoms in regions of modern-day Syria and Mesopotamia.
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D.
sons of Heth
The sons of Heth are a group of Hittite inhabitants of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible, known especially as the landowners from whom Abraham purchases a burial site for Sarah in Genesis 23.
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E.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Anatolian people
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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
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Gibeon ⓘ Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form:
Hattusa
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Mesopotamia ⓘ Shechem ⓘ Syria ⓘ central Anatolia ⓘ |
| capital |
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
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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
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iron-working traditions ⓘ treaty with Egypt after the Battle of Kadesh ⓘ |
| language | Hittite language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Northwest Semitic
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surface form:
Northwest Semitic languages
Semitic languages ⓘ |
| listedAsInhabitantsOf | Canaan ⓘ |
| mentionedAsInhabitantsOf | Canaan ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
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surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| notableRuler | Hammurabi ⓘ |
| pantheonIncludes |
Asherah
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Baal ⓘ El ⓘ |
| partOfCulturalSphere |
Ancient Near East
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Levantine cultures ⓘ |
| politicalEntity | Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| religion |
Canaanite religion
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polytheism ⓘ |
| religiousInfluenceFrom |
Hurrian
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surface form:
Hurrians
Mesopotamians ⓘ |
| ruledCity | Babylon ⓘ |
| sourceType |
Mesopotamian texts
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Ugaritic texts ⓘ archaeological ⓘ biblical text ⓘ textual ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
2nd millennium BCE
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Bronze Age ⓘ Early Bronze Age ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ Middle Bronze Age ⓘ early Iron Age ⓘ |
| usedChariots | true ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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Subject: Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites Description of subject: 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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