Timeline
(Dates are approximate)
- 1475 BC: Thutmose III conquers Canaan; beginning of Egyptian domination of southern Canaanite plain.
- 1175 BC: Ramses III defeats the Sea Peoples including Philistines and settles captives in fortresses in southern Canaan (alternatively, Philistines invade and settle the coastal plain for themselves).
- 1150 BC: final Egyptian withdrawal from southern Canaan.
- 10th–7th centuries BC: Philistines lose most of their distinctive culture and absorb that of surrounding peoples.
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