-
bearing Amorite names such as Yakbim, and were
likely part of the
later Hyksos. The term
Amurru in
Akkadian and
Sumerian texts refers to the
Amorites, their...
-
Amorite is an
extinct early Semitic language,
formerly spoken during the
Bronze Age by the
Amorite tribes prominent in
ancient Near
Eastern history. It...
- like the
Amorites, some even
consider Abraham to be
among the
Amorites that
migrated to the Levant. Like
Abraham and his descendants, the
Amorites followed...
- Philistines. The sons of
Canaan are
given as Sidon, Heth, then the Jebusites,
Amorites, Girgasites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and the Hamathites...
- the
Amorite inhabited Levant, and
eventually southern Mesopotamia fell to the
Amorites.
During the
first centuries of what is
called the "
Amorite period"...
- a
language isolate)
before the
introduction of
Elamite cuneiform. The
Amorites were a
nomadic Semitic people who
occupied the
country west of the Euphrates...
-
region included (among others) the
Amorites, who had
earlier controlled Babylonia. The
Hebrew Bible mentions the
Amorites in the
Table of
Peoples (Book of...
-
Battle between the
Israelites and the
Amorites, Joshua's
Battle Against the
Amorites or Joshua's
Victory over the
Amorites is a c. 1625 oil-on-canvas painting...
- died. The
Amorites were
considered a
backward people by
Mesopotamian standards; Ibbi-Sin's 17th year was
officially named "Year the
Amorites, the powerful...
- Shamshi-Adad (Akkadian: Šamši-Adad;
Amorite: Shamshi-Addu),
ruled c. 1808–1776 BC, was an
Amorite warlord and
conqueror who had
conquered lands across...