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The rise of territorial states
After Egypt withdrew, Canaan saw a new phenomenon: kingdoms controlling larger regions, like Israel, Judah, Aram-Damascus, Ammon, Moab, and Edom.
A power vacuum made room for kingdoms.
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City-states persisted on the coast, among Phoenicians in the north and Philistines in the south. These players jockeyed for centuries.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 46
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