The land of the Amorites ("the Mar.tu…

The land of the Amorites ("the Mar.tu land") is associated in the earliest Sumerian sources, beginning about 2400 BCE, with the West, including Syria and Canaan, although their ultimate origin may have been Arabia.

The ethnic terms Amurru and Amar were used for them in Assyria and Egypt respectively.

Amorites seem to have worshipped the moon-god Sin, and Amurru.