Early Bronze Age Clay Cup and Phoenician writings from around

and Phoenician writings from around the 15th century BCE

(Bilbils) were shipped in great numbers from Cyprus to Egypt and the Middle East

saw significant benefits for the Holy Land when Constantine the Great focused on Jerusalem for his reconstruction program

**Date:** 1200-586 BC (Time of King David)

Early Bronze Age Clay Cup and Phoenician writings from aroundCanaan is an area primarily associated with Palestine, inhabited originally by the Canaanites. The terms "Canaan" and "Canaanite" appear in ancient writings from around the 15th century BCE, including the Old Testament. "Canaan" can refer to all of Palestine and Syria, just the land west of the Jordan River, or a coastal strip from Acre (Akko) Southward.