by
Marcella Denise Spencer
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2018
Before the land became holy ground, the country now known as Palestine was called Canaan. Canaan’s history has been a turbulent one, even to this day. Modern Palestine, Israel, was originally settled by Hamitic tribes, Canaanites in the north and Philistines in the south. In this 3,000-word essay, the author takes a succinct look at Canaan’s biblical history.