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  1. The Hyksos are mentioned in the Bible but are referred to as "Amorites". The Amorite Empire flourished across the entire middle east from 1800 B.C.E. until 1550...
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    Amorites - Wikipedia

    There is thought to have been an Amorite presence in Egypt from the 19th century BC. The Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt, centred in the Nile Delta, had rulers bearing Amorite names such as Yakbim. See more

    The Amorites were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant. Initially appearing in Sumerian records c. 2500 BC, they expanded and ruled most of the … See more

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    A bilingual list of the names of ten Amorite deities alongside Akkadian counterparts from the Old Babylonian period was translated in 2022. These deities are as follows:
    Dagan, who is identified with Enlil. Dagan was the … See more

    There are a wide range of views regarding the Amorite homeland. One extreme is the view that kur mar.tu/māt amurrim covered the whole area … See more

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    Third millennium BC
    In two Sumerian literary compositions written long afterward in the Old Babylonian period, See more

    The language was first attested in the 21st-20th centuries BC and was found to be closely related to the Canaanite, Aramaic and Sam'alian languages. In the 18th century BC at See more

    The term Amorites is used in the Bible to refer to certain highland mountaineers who inhabited the land of Canaan, described in Genesis as descendants of Canaan, the son of See more

    • Albright, W. F., "The Amorite Form of the Name Ḫammurabi", The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 140–41, 1922
    • Bailey, Lloyd R, "Israelite ’Ēl Šadday and Amorite Bêl Šadê", Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 87, … See more

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  4. Who Were the Amorites? - Biblical Archaeology Society

    WEBJun 21, 2023 · With an empire that rivaled Egypt’s during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1550–1200 BCE), the Hittites had great influence on the peoples of the northern Levant. But who were the Amorites in the Bible, …

  5. Amorites, an introduction (article) | Khan Academy

    WEBThe Amorites were the indigenous people of central inland and northern Syria. They spoke a Semitic language related to modern Hebrew. During the Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 B.C.E.), they developed powerful …

  6. Amorite - World History Encyclopedia