What is Canaan?
[[File:A map of Canaan (8343807206).jpg|thumb|An [[map]] of Canaan made in 1692 [[Anno Domini|AD]].]]'''Canaan''' was an [[Ancient history|ancient]] region in the [[Levant]]. In the [[Bible]], it was the land promised to [[Abraham]] and his children by [[God]]. ==History== The Canaanites lived in the area from about 2,000 [[Anno Domini|BC]] until the time of the [[Bible]]. The area covers part of the area that is now [[Israel]], [[Palestine]], [[Syria]] and [[Lebanon]]. ==Related pages== * [[Torah]] * [[Levant]] * [[Iron Age]] * [[Israelites]] * [[Bronze Age]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{multistub|geo|Asia|history}} [[Category:History of Syria]] [[Category:History of Jordan]] [[Category:History of Lebanon]] [[Category:Ancient Israel and Judah]] [[Category:History of the Middle East]] [[Category:Former countries in the Middle East]]