Canaan

Semitic-speaking region and civilization in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC
AdministrativeArea historical_region Q163329
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Canaan

Summary

Canaan is a historical region[1]. Canaan ranks in the top 0.22% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,821 views/month, #1 of 457).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canaan's religion is recorded as Canaanite religion[3].
  • Canaan is on the continent of Asia[4].
  • Canaan's instance of is recorded as historical region[5].
  • Canaan's instance of is recorded as civilization[6].
  • Canaan is named after Canaan[7].
  • Canaan followed Ghassulian[8].
  • Canaan was followed by Phoenicia[9].
  • Canaan was followed by Moab[10].
  • Canaan was followed by Edom[11].
  • Canaan was followed by Aram-Damascus[12].
  • Canaan was followed by Philistia[13].
  • Canaan was followed by Ammon[14].
  • Canaan was followed by Kingdom of Israel[15].
  • Canaan was followed by Kingdom of Judah[16].
  • Canaan's Commons category is recorded as Canaan[17].
  • Canaan was dissolved in 1420[18].
  • Canaan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.766667, 'lon': 35.333333}[19].
  • Canaan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canaan[20].
  • Canaan's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[21].
  • Canaan's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22].
  • Canaan's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[23].
  • Canaan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Canaan's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Canaan's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[26].
  • Canaan's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

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Geography

Canaan is on the continent of Asia[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include historical region[5] and civilization[6]. Canaan's religion is recorded as Canaanite religion[3].

History and Context

Canaan is named after Canaan[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Canaan include Canaanism[28], a cultural movement[29], in Mandatory Palestine[30], founded in 1939[31].

Why It Matters

Canaan ranks in the top 0.22% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,821 views/month, #1 of 457).[2] Canaan has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Canaan is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Canaan include Canaanism[28], a cultural movement[29], in Mandatory Palestine[30], founded in 1939[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by ['Q7185566', 'Q230407', 'Q48685', 'Q208475', 'Q326304', 'Q473353', 'Q625649']
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||0 */ Changing order of values for [[Property:P1366|P1366]]"
  2. 24d ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by Phoenicia, Moab, Edom +5
    Replaced by ['Q7185566', 'Q230407', 'Q48685', 'Q208475', 'Q326304', 'Q473353', 'Q625649']
    Partially coincident with Q56326806
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1382]]: [[Q56326806]]"
  3. 24d ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by Phoenicia, Moab, Edom +5
    Replaced by ['Q7185566', 'Q230407', 'Q48685', 'Q208475', 'Q326304', 'Q473353', 'Q625649']
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P156]] to [[Property:P1366]]"
  4. 5w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Canaan
    Followed by
    Category for maps or plans Category:Maps of Canaan
    Follows
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: c/canaan, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/290443964|Canaán (#290443964)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7927|Enciclopedia Católica W"
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