When did Canaan become Israel?

Answer 1

The land of the Canaanites never became Israel in its entirety. Archaeologists say that the mountainous hinterland was sparsely populated until around 1250 BCE, when there was a gradual increase in the population, indicating the arrival of Hebrew settlers. A minority of scholars think that even these settlers were not the true ancestors of the Israelites, and that there was a further influx around 1000 BCE. At the same time, around 1250 BCE, the Philistines arrived and occupied the rich coastal plains and foothills south of present-day Tel Aviv. The northern coastal areas remained populated by Canaanites, possibly under the rule of Sea People like the Philistines. The Negev remained essentially unhibitable for centuries, until the Nabataean Arabs invented cisterns to collect and store rainwater.

The hinterland was divided between two Hebrew states, which the Bible says were united as a single monarchy in the tenth century BCE, although some scholars say that they were always separate, with their own culture, pottery and dialects of the Hebrew language. In the ninth century, the northern kingdom of Israel briefly occupied much of coastal Palestine, as well as some of southern Syria, although the population mixes of those regions did not change. However, by the eighth century, the tide of history had turned and Israel was conquered by the Assyrians and ceased to exist.

Answer 2

The Israelites ceased to exist as a sovereign nation in 722 BCE when the Assyrians conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and stripped the people of their ethno-national identity. The people of the Southern Kingdom of Judah were then known as Judeans. The Judeans were eventually dispersed to different regions and the word "Jew" developed to describe these Judeans in Exile. When the Jews returned to Mandatory Palestine, they decided to chose the name Israel for their country based on its Biblical significance. ("Israel" became official in 1948.) However, they wanted to make it clear that they were a modern country and therefore made their deuteronym "Israeli".

Answer 3

I belive it was early 1900, not sure what you are asking though.