WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Canaan, area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centred on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. The names Canaan and Canaanite occur in cuneiform, Egyptian, and Phoenician writings from about the 15th century bce as well as in the Old Testament.

Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest recorded evidence of a people by the name of Israel appears in the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt, dated to about 1200 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -After Moses led the Children of Israel to the edge of Canaan and following a subsequent probationary period, Joshua led Israelites through Canaan’s borders. They initiated their conquest through reconnaissance and swift military action, entering through Jericho before sweeping through the rest of the countryside.