Post on 13-Jan-2016
Hittite EmpireHittite Empire
Present Day Turkey
HattusasHattusas
Hattusas: Capital of the Hittites
Hattusas: Capital of the Hittites
Hattusas – Lion’s Gate
Hattusas – Lion’s Gate
Hittite Chariots & Warriors
Hittite Chariots & Warriors
Hittite WritingHittite Writing
A Balance of Power: 1200 BCE
A Balance of Power: 1200 BCE
The Battle of KadeshThe Battle of Kadesh
Treaty of Kadesh
Treaty of Kadesh
Ramses II at KadeshRamses II at Kadesh
Phoenician Sea Routes
Phoenician Sea Routes
A Phoenician Bireme Ship
A Phoenician Bireme Ship
The “Royal Purple” Dye
The “Royal Purple” Dye
Phoenician City of Byblos:
“Home of the Alphabet”
Phoenician City of Byblos:
“Home of the Alphabet”
Phoenician AlphabetPhoenician Alphabet
Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest ColonyCarthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest Colony
The Assyrian EmpireThe Assyrian Empire
Assyrian Military Power
Assyrian Military Power
Assyrian soldiers carrying away the enemy’s
gods.
Assyrian soldiers carrying away the enemy’s
gods.
Jewish Captives: 8c BCE
Jewish Captives: 8c BCE
Babylon under the Chaldeans
Babylon under the Chaldeans
Nebuchadnezzar II’s Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar II’s Babylon
Ishtar Gate
Ishtar Gate
Hanging Gardensof Babylon?
Hanging Gardensof Babylon?
Israelites in CaptivityIsraelites in Captivity
Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near
East
Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near
East
The Great Library at Alexandria.
Egypt
The Great Library at Alexandria.
Egypt