https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistines The Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎, romanized: Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age. The Philistines originated as an immigrant or invading group from the Aegean that settled in Canaan circa 1175 BCE, during the Late Bronze Age collapse. Over time, they gradually assimilated elements of the indigenous Semitic Levantine societies while preserving their own unique culture.[1] In 604 BCE, the Philistine polity, after having already been subjugated for centuries by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC), was finally destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.[2] After becoming part of his empire and its successor, the Persian Empire, the Philistines lost their distinct ethnic identity and disappeared as a people from the historical and archaeological record by the late 5th century BCE.[3] >>Biblical texts identify five Philistine cities: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gath. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Philistines_pentapolis.jpg The Philistines are known for their biblical conflict with the Canaanite peoples of the region, in particular the Israelites. Though the primary source of information about the Philistines is the Hebrew Bible, they are first attested to in reliefs at the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, in which they are called Peleset[a] (accepted as cognate with Hebrew Peleshet);[4] the parallel Assyrian term is Palastu,[b] Pilišti,[c] or Pilistu.[d][5] They also left behind a distinctive material culture.[1]