在青铜时代晚期(约公元前1550年—公元前1200年)的时候,位于士耳其和埃及之间,由几个国王统治的城邦地区便是人们所知的迦南。公元前12世纪,一些被称为“海上之民”的入侵者席卷了整个地中海东部地区。迦南的众多城市被洗劫一空,而同为“海上之民”的腓力斯丁人征服了沿海地带。面对腓力斯丁人的威胁,由十二个迦南山区都落所组成的以色列王国于公元前1020年正式建立。 In the late Bronze Age (circa 1550 BC - 1200 BC), Canaan, known as Canaan, between the city of Ashkelon and Egypt and ruled by several kings. In the 12th century BC, some invaders, called “sea people” swept across the eastern Mediterranean. Many cities of Canaan were ransacked, and the Philliestids, who were also “seafaring people,” conquered the coast. Faced with the threat of the Phlisterians, the Kingdom of Israel, formed by the fall of twelve Canaanites, was formally established in 1020 BC.