The Amorites
The Amorites were one of the seven nations defeated by Joshua in his conquest
of Canaan. The Amorites lived
in southern Syria and were a militant nation, who invaded Mesopotamia
at the end of the third millennium and captured Babylon soon thereafter. As they developed kingdoms on their newly conquered land,
the Amorites' culture assimilated with that of mainstream Babylonia. The Bible also mentions the
Amorites, saying that Moses captured two Amorite kingdoms (Heshbon and Bashan).
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