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1. Canaan

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   Canaan (geographical entity)) refers to a historical region situated in the Southern Levant, generally corresponding to the area between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Jordan Rift Valley to the east. Its precise geographical and political boundaries fluctuated significantly across millennia, often coinciding with periods of regional hegemony or localized administrative decentralization. Historically, the term has been used both as a descriptive geographic…

2. Sea Peoples

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   Egyptian texts typically categorize the invaders into distinct groups, though the precise geographical origin of each remains a subject of academic dispute, often yielding contradictory hypotheses [^2]. The major groups mentioned include:
   Peleset (or Philistines): Often depicted as heavily armed infantry, sometimes associated with the later inhabitants of the southern Levant. Their distinctive feathered headdresses are a consistent feature in reliefs.
   Tjeker (or Theker): Freq…