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A:The coastal strip north of Israel was occupied by the Phoenicians, a West Semitic people. Further south, west of Israel, the coastal strip was occupied by Canaanites, another West Semitic people, closely related to the Hebrews. Even further south, west of Judah and sourthern Israel, were the Philistines.

After the Assyrian conquest of Israel and much of the Levant, Phoenicia became one Assyrian province, Megiddo became the capital of the Assyrian province of Galilee, and the coastal area around the city of Dor appears to have become the province of Duru. Israel itself became the province of Samaria.

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The Philistines occupied the southern coastal plain of modern Israel for most of the Old Testament period. They were a prominent enemy of the Israelites and are mentioned frequently in the biblical texts.

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The southern coastal plains and foothills, from the Egyptian border and as far north as modern Tel Aviv was the territory of the Philistines. The coastal region north of modern Tel Aviv was controlled by the Canaanite/Phoenician city of Dor.

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