@Scubbie @HumongusChungus I found on wiki
First could be Egypt.
There is something about Canaan.
Israelite culture largely overlapped with and derived from Canaanite culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan
Even some mentions about Assyria
Ancient Assyria also left a legacy of great cultural significance, particularly
through the Neo-Assyrian Empire making a prominent impression in later Assyrian, Greco-Roman and Hebrew literary and religious tradition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria