The Semitic-speaking Amorites, who penetrate Canaan from…

The Semitic-speaking Amorites, who penetrate Canaan from the northeast, become the dominant element of the population.

In Syria as well as in Canaan, the Amorite newcomers thoroughly mix with the Hurrians; their civilization is intimately connected with that of the towns of the Phoenician-Canaanite coast.

The pharaohs give costly gifts to those princes, such as the rulers of Qatna and ...