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 of dozens of places, scattered all over this region from Egypt to the land of the Hittites and the Mitannians. These places include among others Jerusalem, Damascus, Tyre, Sidon, Acco, Ashkelon, Gaza, Lachish, Keilah and Aijalon.

The Hittite records include among other things two significant treaties with the Amorite princes of this region. Moreover these letters and treaties from the Egyptian and Hittite archives contain references to other letters, treaties, and treaty negotiations, as where the King of Babylonia rejects overtures of alliance against Egypt from the Canaanite princes. On the other hand, some of the Amarna letters are written not to the king but by one prince to another, and still others contain references to many letters received by Canaanite princes from Egypt or from one another. There is also record from other sources (Breasted Records) of letters being forwarded