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New Civilizations
Chapters 2 and 3Eastern & Western Hemispheres
The Mediterranean & Middle East Regions
Nubia
• Located: ________________________• Grew out of Egypt’s desire for this
Nubian natural resource? ___________• Nubian __________ was greatly
influenced and even molded by Egypt.• Nubian queens gained great power, an
effect from this region? ______________.
• The capital city was ____________.
Map of Nubia
Celtic Europe
• Celts originated from __________ Europe.• Celts were depicted by the Romans and
Greeks as _______-like people.• Celts built impressive _____ ______
or palaces for assembly.• The Celts religious experts were known as
______________.• Pushed to Western Europe due to the
expansion of the _________ Empire.
The Olmec & Chavin People
• Olmecs were ruled by _______, who were depicted by giant ______.
• Olmec ______ controlled their spiritual world.
• The Chavin heavily relied on ______ for their economy.
• Domesticated _________ helped to transport goods between regions.
• Both group’s agriculture and technology led to the beginning of city growth, which is known as _________.
Cosmopolitan Middle East
• By 1500 B.C.E. Mesopotamia was split into a _________ zone to the South and __________ to the North.
• From 1700-1200 B.C.E. the ________ were a formidable power. There strength came from being the first to utilize weapons made of _______.
New Kingdom Egypt
• After removing _______ control over Egypt, the era of the New Kingdom began.
• Egypt moved away from their traditional __________ policy and started to extend control over neighboring regions.
• Egypt’s aggressive policy rewarded them with riches in the area of _________.
The Aegean World
• Minoans• Located on the island of
_______.• Traded all throughout the
_____________ Sea region.
• Mycenaeans• Quickly rose to power
from the _______ that was set up by the Minoans.
• Developed a syllabic system of writing known as _______ _.
• Homer’s epic poems portray the Mycenaeans in their victory over ____.
Assyrians
• Known as savage ___-like people.• Powerful kings hailed the God ______ as
the center of governmental and religious life.
• Had little __________ control which led to many reconquests of territory.
• While an elite class grew very rich, the Assyrians kept writings at the ________ of __________ in _________.
Israel
• Israelites were first known as __________ pastoralists before settling in __________.
• Uniting together the Israelites made _____________ their capital city.
• Urbanization and corruption ________ the Israelite society.
• _________ and __________ conquests led to a __________ amongst Israelites.
Phoenicia & The Mediterranean
• The Phoenicians • The descendants of the
ancient inhabitants of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
• Deeply involved in _____. They also invented the first ___________ writing system.
• Known as the ________ of _______________.
• Carthage• Had a powerful _____,
which led to a ______ monopoly in the western Mediterranean.
• Described as war-like and different by Greeks and Romans, elites would go as far as to sacrifice __________ in times of crisis.