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Arkites

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The Arkites (Hebrew: ערקי, ‛Arqı̂y) were the descendants of Arka, one of the sons of Canaan according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. This people come to our notice in the inscriptions of Shalmaneser II and Tiglath-pileser III, both kings of Assyria, and both of whom describe the Arkites as 'rebellious'. The Arkites were also known to the Egyptians, as mentioned in the Amama tablets as the Irkata. Their city is known today as Tell-Arqa, a place that Thutmose III of Egypt refers to as Arkantu. The city was later known to the Romans as Caesari Libani.

Some of his descendants may have also traveled with the descendants of Heth into the New World, residing among the Arikara or Arkokira Indian tribes of North America.