Sea Peoples

Achish - angry, perhaps only a general title of royalty applicable to the Philistine kings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achish"

Alashiya or Alasiya was an important state during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages and was situated somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was a major source of goods, especially copper, for Ancient Egypt and other states in the Ancient Near East. It is referred to in a number of the surviving texts and is now thought to be the ancient name of Cyprus, or an area of Cyprus. This was confirmed by the scientific analysis of the clay tablets which were sent from Alashiya to other rulers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alashiya"

Ashdod ( Hebrew אַשְׁדּוֹד, Standard Hebrew Ašdod;, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAšdôḏ, Arabic إسدود ʾIsdūd) is a port city in Israel located halfway between Tel Aviv and Gaza, in the Southern District of Israel. The ancient Greeks called it Azotos (in Latin, Azotus) after Alexander's conquest. However, the Azotos in Herodotus' Histories is Gaza (Gaza was called `Azoh or `Azot or sometimes perhaps `Azzat in ancient Hebrew and Egyptian records). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ashdod"

Ashkelon or Ashqelon ( Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן; Standard Hebrew Ašqəlon; Tiberian Hebrew ʾAšqəlôn; Arabic عسقلان ; Latin Ascalon) was an ancient Philistine seaport on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea just north of Gaza. Ashkelon is also the name of a modern city in the western Negev, in the Southern District of Israel in Israel, which was formed out of the Arab town of Al Majdal in the 1950s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ashkelon"

Beder is a Tjeker leader and ruler of Dor mentioned in the Story of Wenamun. His historiocity is a matter of dispute among historians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beder"

Caphtor is the land of the Biblical Caphtorim ( Egyptian Keftiu, Mari Kaptara), said in Gen. 10 to descend from Ham's son Mizraim (Egypt). It has been etymologically linked to Cyprus while other suggestions identify it variously as Crete, and the nearby coasts of Anatolia. By some accounts, both Cyprus and Crete together were known as "the isles of the Caphtorim", and perhaps of significance is the fact that the earliest Minoan script used on Crete seems to have been hieroglyphics. The name is found written in hieroglyphics in the temple of Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt and possibly in the Egyptian tomb of Rekhmire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caphtor"

Casluhim, according to Genesis 10:14, were descendants of Mizraim (Egypt) son of Ham, out of whom originated the Philistines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Casluhim"

Dor - "dwelling", or in Hebrew, "generation," the Dora of the Greeks and Romans, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, (Joshua 12:23) whose ruler was an ally of Jabin king of Hazor against Joshua, (Joshua 11:1,2). In the 1100's the town appears to have been taken by the Tjekker, and was ruled by them at least as late as the early 1000's BCE. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dor"

The city of Ekron ( Hebrew עֶקְרוֹן, Standard Hebrew ʻEqron, Tiberian Hebrew ʻEqrôn, alternate spelling Accaron) was one of the five Philistine cities in southwestern Canaan. It was a border city on the frontier contested between Philistia and the kingdom of Judah at a site (now Tel Mikne) near the small village Akir. It lies 35 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, and 11 miles north of Gath, on the western edge of the inner coastal plain. Excavations in 1981- 1996 at the low square tel, have made Ekron one of the best-documented Philistine sites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ekron"

Gath (גת Hebrew: "winepress") was one of the five Philistine city states established in southwestern Philistia. It was the home city of Goliath. As well as the home of Ittai and his 600 soldiers who aided David in his exile from Absalom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gath"

The city of Gaza is the principal city in the Gaza Strip. It is sometimes called Gaza City to distinguish it from the Gaza Strip. It has a population of 479,400 (2005 census). It is currently under the control of the Palestinian Authority, who took over from Israel following the 1993 Oslo Accords. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaza"

Goliath (גָּלְיָת "Passage; revolution", Standard Hebrew Golyat, Tiberian Hebrew Golyāṯ) is a Philistine warrior mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and a descendant of Rapha. He is famous for his battle with the Jewish King David (in the 11th century BC) He hailed from Gath, one of five ancient city states in Philistia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goliath (Bible)"

Jaffa ( Hebrew יָפוֹ, Standard Hebrew Yafo, Tiberian Hebrew Yāp̄ô; Arabic يَافَا ; also Japho, Joppa; also, ~1350 B.C.E. Amarna Letters, Yapu), is an ancient city located in Israel. It is now part of the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo in the Tel Aviv District, where the tell ("mound") of ancient Jaffa in “Old Jaffa” is now part of a park in south-western Tel Aviv. Jaffa is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea and the historic gateway into Israel. It is mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible, once as the port-of-entry for the cedars of Lebanon for Solomon's Temple ( 2 Chronicles 2) and once as the place from whence the prophet Jonah embarked for Tarshish ( Book of Jonah 1:3). It was an important city in the Arab Middle East before Israel was established. During the Crusades it was the County of Jaffa, a stronghold of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jaffa"

The historic Philistines (פלשתים Hebrew plishtim) (see "other uses" below) were a people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. Their origin has been debated among scholars, but modern archaeology has suggested early cultural links with the Mycenean world in mainland Greece. Though the Philistines adopted local Canaanite culture and language before leaving any written texts, an Indo-European origin has been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words. ...more on Wikipedia about "Philistines"

Ramesses III (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty and is considered to be the last great New Kingdom king to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. He reigned from 1183 to 1152 BC (alternate dates are 1187/1186 to 1156/1155 BC). The Ancient Greeks knew him as Rhampsinitus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ramesses III"

Sea Peoples is the term used for a mysterious confederacy of ship-faring raiders who sailed into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, invaded Cyprus, Hatti and the Levant, and attempted to enter Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty, and especially year 5 of Rameses III of the 20th Dynasty. The term "Sea Peoples" was never used in Egyptian records, but has been popularized in the last century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sea Peoples"

(Tjeker) The Tjekker were one of the Sea Peoples who raided Egypt and the Levant during the 13th and 12th centuries BCE. They raided Egypt repeatedly before settling in northern Canaan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tjeker"

The Tribe of Dan (דָּן "Judge", Standard Hebrew Dan, Tiberian Hebrew Dān) is one of the Hebrew tribes, which the Bible claims was founded by Dan, son of Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant ( Genesis 30:4). ...more on Wikipedia about "Tribe of Dan"

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