Their relatives , the Amorites , followed them and settled Syria before 2500 BC .
The earliest wave of Semitic speakers entered the Fertile Crescent via Palestine and Syria and eventually founded the Akkadian Empire .
speakers ' relatives , the Amorites , followed them and settled Syria before 2500 BC .
The earliest wave of Semitic speakers entered the Fertile Crescent via Palestine and Syria and eventually founded the Akkadian Empire .