The Ancient Middle East, Part 3—The Iron Age
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The Ancient Middle East, Part 3—The Iron Age. 3A. The Hittites & the Beginning of the Iron Age. Hittite Empire. Present Day Turkey. Hattusas. Hattusas: Capital of the Hittites. Hattusas – Lion’s Gate. Hittite Chariots & Warriors. Hittite Writing. A Balance of Power: 1200 BCE. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of The Ancient Middle East, Part 3—The Iron Age
Hittite Empire
Present Day Turkey
Hattusas
Hattusas: Capital of the Hittites
Hattusas – Lion’s Gate
Hittite Chariots & Warriors
Hittite Writing
A Balance of Power: 1200 BCE
The Battle of Kadesh
Treaty of Kadesh
Ramses II at Kadesh
Phoenician Sea Routes
A Phoenician Bireme Ship
The “Royal Purple” Dye
Phoenician City of Byblos:
“Home of the Alphabet”
Phoenician Alphabet
Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest Colony
The Assyrian Empire
Assyrian Military Power
Assyrian soldiers carrying away the enemy’s
gods.
Jewish Captives: 8c BCE
Babylon under the Chaldeans
Nebuchadnezzar II’s Babylon
Ishtar Gate
Hanging Gardensof Babylon?
Israelites in Captivity
Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near
East
The Great Library at Alexandria.
Egypt
