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  1. History

    It is thought that terms like mar.tu were used to represent what we now call the Amorites:
    In two Sumerian literary compositions written long afterward in the Old Babylonian period, … See more

    Language

    The language was first attested in the 21st–20th centuries BC and was found to be closely related to the Canaanite, Aramaic and Sam'alian languages. In the 18th century BC at Mari Amorite scribes wrote in an Eshnun… See more

    Religion

    A bilingual list of the names of ten Amorite deities alongside Akkadian counterparts from the Old Babylonian period was translated in 2022. These deities are as follows:
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    Biblical Amorites

    The term Amorites is used in the Bible to refers to certain highlanders who inhabited the land of Canaan, described in Genesis as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham (Gen. 10:16). This aligns with Akkadian and Babylonia… See more

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