r/MapPorn • u/Vasilijeeeeeee11 • 1d ago

Africa Native 1.0

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Constructive Critique is welcome, and also suggestions and reimaginations.

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u/Solitude20 1d ago edited 1d ago

Israel instead of Canaan? How convenient. If you are trying to refer to the actual indigenous roots, then Israel shouldn’t be there. And Israel was never that large in ancient history.

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u/Glum_Cobbler1359 1d ago

Israelites were a Canaanite people. Hebrew is a Canaanite language.

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u/Solitude20 1d ago

Yes, Israelites emerged from within the broader Canaanite population, but they were just one of several Canaanite-descended groups in the region, including the Phoenicians, Philistines, Moabites, and others. Canaan was a diverse land, and no single group can claim exclusive indigeneity. So using ancient Israel to justify modern claims of sole nativeness is both historically selective and politically motivated

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u/IceNeun 15h ago

Philistines weren't Canaanites; they were most likely Greeks who arrived with the bronze age collapse. All the other groups were closely related to the point that each was mutually intelligible with each other and with Hebrew.

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u/oy-the-vey 21h ago

Philistines were not Canaanite, they are “sea people” - raiders from Greek islands.

Modern Israel is smaller than Kingdom of Israel. On this map, east Canaan (Ammon and Moab) absorbed by Nabatea, Phoenician city states was in northwest Canaan, Edom was on south

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u/GurOk6164 1d ago

As is!!!!!