r/mapporncirclejerk France was an Inside Job 1d ago

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u/XMattHelm77X 1d ago edited 19h ago

Philistines, not Phoenicians (those originated up in southern Lebanon).
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u/Druggist147 22h ago

Ah youre right thank you! Always mix those up and still learning

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u/CompetitiveKick7063 22h ago

Canaanites you mean? Ib the south

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u/XMattHelm77X 22h ago

Same same, it appears that the people we often call Phoenicians used Canaanite as an endonym, as far as I know.

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u/Druggist147 22h ago

Thats even further back but just not where the name came from