History of Ancient Canaan - The Canaanite Golden Age (Middle Bronze Age)

Part two of the short series on ancient Canaan, this video explores the period known as the middle Bronze Age. It's a time when Canaanite culture flourishes, more settlements appear in Canaan, and for believers, possibly the time when the Hebrews of the Bible first entered into Egypt. With a Canaanite ruling dynasty in seated in the Nile delta region, everything was working in Canaan's favor, though it wouldn't remain that way. Take a quick look at this exciting phase in Canaan's history.

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[ytqypbf]

These are really interesting, especially when viewed as a sort of empire marathon, studying the endurance of different empires and how they rose, fell, and sometimes rose again stronger, along with how their interactions shaped the surrounding territories. It can give one (especially as an American) humility, as how powerful the U.S. is, we are less than 300 years old. The idea of a 1, 000 year empire seems unfathomable the way things are going, but everything is an ebb and flow of peaks and troughs. As one of the common people, it's also very interesting to think about people travelling so far when travelling such vast distances was difficult and dangerous just to labor, how bad it must've been to motivate them to migrate such distances. These thoughts are only a few of what I have. I love ancient history, thanks so much for the work you've put in.

[DarrenGedye]

Very good. When you showed the Hykos "invading" I got annoyed that you had made such an error, but I had to laugh when you turned it around. You got me!

[thezenatachronicles]

I discovered this channel today for the first time, time for some marathon.

[celtofcanaanesurix]

Considering my partial Canaanite ancestry I find this topic to be very interesting and I thank you for making such wonderful videos about it

[theresawilliams]

Once again Cy, you have done a great job. From two fans from Down Under.

[beverly]

Thank You for being a wonderful historian and presenter. 💚

[murthe-wise]

Wow you did as you promised, this shows how reliable person you are. I love this and we are waiting for the next part as well. Also make videos about Babylon, Abyssinia, Ifat and the sea people. Also about the historical places like Ebla, Petra, Ur and Ubar. I hope the people will learn a lot about them from you

By the way you have earned a new subscriber 👍

[andros]

very informative. clear delivery of information. I specially enjoyed it because it is a part of history that is often glossed over!
Great job!!

[joanmelnick]

Joseph (The Dream Master)...my favorite bible guy.

[kaiadams]

Great work as always. Love your channel. Would enjoy seeing your take on the Hebrews, and the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, one day.

[nonamehere-yt]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us people who do not contribute. I guess you understand how everyone cannot but would want to help out if they could. Much appreciated.

[dianemottram]

This is so very interesting and helping me understand the culture of the OT. Thank you. Have you noted similar elements in their alphabets?

[mrniceguy]

Thanks, I use your videos as some of the history curriculum for my children's homeschooling. And yes, I do believe the Biblical narrative.

[yaruqadishi]

Not just that in blessed Canaan/Levant with gold trade from egypt, mesopotamia, aegean, anatolia, but also with ancient arabia saudi to the south as far as yemen sabans in iron age and bronze age.

[IranTalk]

Thanks for this. Excellent stuff as usual.

[guillermolara]

Hey great video, I wonder if there is enough information to make a video of just the Hyksos

[Ox]

Ive been raised Christian my whole life. but this is the first time i thought about how Israel and his tribe would've been looked at by history. Simply put, they would've just been seen as other Canaanites. Abram left Ur and settled in Canaan. Many of his descendants were born there too. There really isn't much separating them from other Canaanites. Which makes even more sense to me why polytheism was such a common practice for them. Fascinating

[Argacyan]

I think it would have been benefitial to expand more on the "ancestral homeland" bit, in terms of what exactly they would have shared that would positively impact relations. Was egypt controlled by people of a different religion, did they speak a different language, and so on. I don't like the term "ancestral homeland" cause there's always content hidden underneath it that would be interesting to learn about (besides modern political usage of the term).

[NovaSeven]

Thanks for the video! Always informative. However, there is a minor error at 4:00. “Hyksos” (Ὑκσώς) doesn’t mean anything in Greek. It’s simply the adaptation of the term “Ḥuqaʾ-Ḫaʾsuwat” (vowels uncertain) 𓋾𓈎𓈉 (ḥq3-ḫ3swt), which—in the Egyptian language—means “rulers of foreign lands.”

[Lonestar]

Can you discuss the birth of israel in your next video? One theory suggests that Egyptian pharaos actually promoted israeli settlements for just expanding their control over that region.