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Akkadian and
Sumerian texts refers to the
Amorites,
their prin****l deity, and an
Amorite kingdom. The
Amorites are
mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible as inhabitants...
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Amorite is an
extinct early Semitic language,
formerly spoken during the
Bronze Age by the
Amorite tribes prominent in
ancient Near
Eastern history. It...
- the
Amorite inhabited Levant, and
eventually southern Mesopotamia fell to the
Amorites.
During the
first centuries of what is
called the "
Amorite period"...
- died. The
Amorites were
considered a
backward people by
Mesopotamian standards; Ibbi-Sin's 17th year was
officially named "Year the
Amorites, the powerful...
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region included (among others) the
Amorites, who had
earlier controlled Babylonia. The
Hebrew Bible mentions the
Amorites in the
Table of
Peoples (Book of...
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found as far
north as Diyarbekir,
where he
claims the
title "King of the
Amorites". Vast
numbers of
contract tablets,
dated to the
reigns of
Hammurabi and...
- the
Amorites,
which culminated with them
dominating and
ruling most of the region,
including Mari
which in c. 1830 BC,
became the seat of the
Amorite Lim...
-
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...
- Philistines. The sons of
Canaan are
given as Sidon, Heth, then the Jebusites,
Amorites, Girgasites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and the Hamathites...
- (170 mi) wall
dubbed "Repeller of the
Amorites",
extending in
between the
Tigris and Euphrates, to hold them off. The
Amorites are
depicted in
contemporary records...
