Kanaan

Kan'an (Phoenicia: 12px|𐤍‏12px|𐤍‏, Kanaʻn; Ibrani:  Kənáʻan; Arab: كنعان Kanʻān) adalah sebuah istilah kuno bagi wilayah yang kini terdiri dari Israel, Lebanon, wilayah-wilayah Palestin, selain tanah bersempadanan dengan pantai dan bahagian dari Jordan, Syria dan utara Mesir. Dalam Kitab Yahudi, "Tanah Kan'an" mengunjur daripada Lebanon mengarah ke selatan merentasi Gaza sehingga "Sungai Kecil Mesir" dan ke arah timur ke Lembah Sungai Jordan, termasuk Israel moden dan wilayah-wilayah Palestin. Pada zaman kuno, kawasan selatan mengandungi pelbagai kumpulan etnik. Surat Amarna yang dijumpai di Mesir Purba menyebut Kan'an (Akkadia: ) berkaitan dengan Gaza dan kota-kota lain di sepanjang pantai Phoenicia dan ke hulu Galilee. Banyak sumber-sumber awal Mesir juga menyebut pelbagai kempen-kempen ketenteraan dilakukan di Ka-na-na.

Nota

Rujukan 
  – this article needs updating with modern research results.
 Bernard W Lewis The Arabs in History [1993] Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-280310-7
 Peter Briggs Testing the Factuality of the Conquest of Ai Narrative in the Book of Joshua  (2001) (This paper is derived from the doctoral dissertation Briggs 2001; A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society)

Bacaan lanjut 
 Jonathan N. Tubb, Canaanites, Norman (Oklahoma) 1998. ISBN 0-8061-3108-X
 Michael D. Coogan, Stories from Ancient Canaan, 1978.
 Sheri Reynolds, 	The rapture of Canaan, 1995.

Pautan luar 

 The Origin of the Jewish People and the Land of Canaan  by David Storobin.
 Canaan & Ancient Israel, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Explores their identities (land-time, daily life, economy & religion) in pre-historical times through the material remains that they have left behind.
 Catholic Encyclopedia.
 Canaan: reviews every scripture on Canaan in the Bible.
 Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus.
 The Amarna Letters Encyclopedia, excellent source on Egyptian province of Canaan.
 Canaanite.org Canaanite Language and resources
 The American State of Canaan , a proposal to join Israel-Palestine as the 51st state of U.S.A 
 Promised Land, an alternative meaning and alternative story of the Canaan region

 
Lokasi surat-surat Amarna
Negara Yahudi
Komuniti sejarah Yahudi
Fertile Crescent
Sejarah Lebanon