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In the earliest Sumerian sources, beginning about 2400 BC, the land of the Amorites ("the Mar.tu land") is associated with the West, including Syria and Canaan, although their ...
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Sea Gate" of the Amorites, ca. 2000 BCE A m o r i t e ( E g y p t i a n A m a r , A k k a d i a n T i d n u m o r A m u r ruk m ( c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o S ...
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Am·o·rite (m-r t) n. A member of one of several ancient Semitic peoples primarily inhabiting Canaan, where they preceded the Israelites, and Babylonia.

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Amorites, ancient tribe of Canaanites who inhabited the country north-east of the Jordan River as far as Mount Hermon. In the 13th century bc, the Amorites defeated the Moabites, crossed the Jordan, conquered the Hittites, and overran Canaan to the sea. Their power was broken (see Joshua 9-10) by the Hebrews, under their leader Joshua, at Gibeon. The Amorite ancestry of the Hebrews is mentioned in Ezekiel 16:3.

The Amorites have been identified with the Amurru, a people who invaded Babylonia in the 21st century bc and two centuries later founded the first dynasty of Babylon.