出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/29 13:27 UTC 版)
Canaan (Northwest Semitic knaˁn (Phoenician , Biblical Hebrew: כנען knaˁn; Masoretic כְּנָעַן Kənáʿan) is a historical and biblical name roughly corresponding to the region encompassing modern-day Israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan. Canaan was of geopolitical importance in the Late Bronze Age Amarna period because it was the area where the spheres of interest of the Egyptian and Hittite Empires converge.