There was commerce between the Middle East and Africa going way back, especially through Egypt. Egypt got the tin needed for bronze from Nubia, even after the Bronze Age Collapse about 1175 BC. The people of Kush, in the upper cataracts of the Nile, actually ruled Egypt for a while. They were the source of ivory, gold, and slaves. Likewise, the Hyksos who invaded the delta seem to come from Syria. The Queen of Sheba was probably from lower Arabia, just across from Africa and there was commerce in that direction too.
Africa is unusual among continents for not having the kind of coast and waterways which allowed other places to be invaded easily, or for the Africans to send out armadas. Thomas Sowell has written on that. But nothing ever stopped people from exploring. And the Nile was the main waterway to the interior. So the Israelites went everywhere, and other peoples passed through Canaan as it was called then, and the result is very little pure blood anywhere.
There was commerce between the Middle East and Africa going way back, especially through Egypt. Egypt got the tin needed for bronze from Nubia, even after the Bronze Age Collapse about 1175 BC. The people of Kush, in the upper cataracts of the Nile, actually ruled Egypt for a while. They were the source of ivory, gold, and slaves. Likewise, the Hyksos who invaded the delta seem to come from Syria. The Queen of Sheba was probably from lower Arabia, just across from Africa and there was commerce in that direction too.
Africa is unusual among continents for not having the kind of coast and waterways which allowed other places to be invaded easily, or for the Africans to send out armadas. Thomas Sowell has written on that. But nothing ever stopped people from exploring. And the Nile was the main waterway to the interior. So the Israelites went everywhere, and other peoples passed through Canaan as it was called then, and the result is very little pure blood anywhere.