The History of the Canaanites (The History of Israel: Prologue)

#bronzeage #canaan #israel #bible #history
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Appendix (with sources, music, references, etc):

Suggested Reading:
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated by Eric H. Cline
The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant by Raphael Greenberg
A History of the Ancient Near East by Marc Van De Mieroop
The History of Ancient Palestine by Gösta Werner Ahlström

[ClayandPapyrus]

This video took me far to long to make lol. I've been working on it since November, and it's been a lot of work. Thanks again to Soma's academy and everyone else who helped out on the project.

(Embarassing Sidenote: I misspelled "Amarna" on the map, as "Armana." I didn't even notice until I was wrapping up editing and by then it was too late, sorry!)

[UsefulCharts]

Great job. Can't wait to see the rest of the series.

[Dataism]

Bronze age is a really interesting era

[AncientAmericas]

Very good video and I'm looking forward to the next episode! Props to reading that quote at the end in Egyptian!

[TheBibleHistoryShow]

Very cool editing style! And I especially love the aesthetic of your maps. I'm glad to have found this!

[מ.מ-הד]

30:00 That's the first peace treaty in history.

[SomasAcademy]

~36:01 just realized the Pharaoh was named Merneptah, not Merentaph. We are both dyslexic confirmed.

[SomasAcademy]

Love the editing, reminds me a bit of the channel Ancient Americas

[saulamarista]

Letters from Abdi-Hiba of Jerusalem to Akhenaton of Egypt complain that the habiru were posing a threat to the status quo in Canaan. The Habiru were nationalist rivals who fought against Egyptian control in the Levant. They killed Canaanite Kings and fought for their independence. You can read about them in the Bible at 1 Samuel 23:14. They also were mercenaries. You can read it at 1 Samuel 27:1-12

[Jason-zmch]

Interesting that you continuously refer to the pre-Canaanite region as "Palestine" rather than "southern Levant." A quick Google search said it wasn't until Herodotus, in the 5th Century BCE, refered to it as a "district of Syria, called Palaistinê" (Ancient Greek: Συρίη ἡ Παλαιστίνη καλεομένη) in his work "The Histories." He translated from the Hebrew word Peleshet to refer to the Philistines into Palestine, the coast region of southern Levant.

[celtofcanaanesurix]

brilliant, as someone of partial Jewish ancestry this vastly different race and history of one side of my family has always made me curious, as it is so foreign to northwestern European ancestry and history and yet connected both to me through partial ancestry, and it (northwestern Europe) through Christianity and the Bible.

[mdmelle]

I love this video, nothing according theological writings but archeological evidences, bravo 👏

[veryoldjohnson]

Was Canaan (The Levant) ever occupied exclusively by the Hebrews/Israelites?

[Andy_Babb]

This channel is great. Just subscribed! I wish your videos were longer lol really well done man - thank you!

[bluekron]

Sooo... technically that area shoube called canaan not palestine...

[Wkumar]

Fascinating video. I found you channel because Matt Baker at Useful Charts highlighted your video.

[Amir-hznw]

Great video this first time I learned about Bronze age era now im hooked to it

[InquisitiveBible]

Great job. I appreciate that you started right at the beginning of human migration to the region. I'm working on a similar project, but my approach is a bit different. It's interesting seeing how other YouTube educators handle such an enormous topic.

[oof]

Cool video! Can you do one on how mesopotamian religion fell?

[alexmartinelli]

Hey man! Is one of your future the proper part 2 to this? This was great, and im very interested in the next part of the story