More Ancient Civilizations Hittites, Hebrews, Phoenecians Oh, My!
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Hittites
• Indo-european
• Introduced Chariots and Iron
• Fought New Kingdom Egyptians and made peace treaty
• Spread Mesopotamian civilization westward
Hebrews
• Semetic Nomadic herders from mesopotamia
• Monotheistic religion– Became basis for western religion
• Settled in area known as Canaan
• Built small kingdom between great empires under kings David and Solomon
Phoenicians
• Seafaring kingdom along Mediterranian coast
• Depended primarily on trade for a living• Developed a phonetic alphabet• Established colonies throughout
Mediterranian– Biggest one was Carthage
• Spread civilzation throughout Mediterranian
Persians
• Indo-European nomads from modern day Iran• Cyrus the Great united with Medes and
conquered Babylon and founded empire• Successors expanded empire from
Mediterranian to India to Egypt• Was divided into Satrapys• Allowed conquered people to keep culture and
religion• Established Royal roads and mail service
• Fought Greeks which led to the rise of Athens
• Religion was based on the teachings of Zoraster – Ahura-mazda (good)and Ahriman(evil) were
god brothers who fought.– Concept of Armageddon