1. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

3. Hittite Empire

4. Hattusas

5. Hattusas: Capital of the Hittites

6. Hattusas – Lion’s Gate

7. Hittite Chariots & Warriors

8. Hittite Writing

9. A Balance of Power: 1200 B. C. E.

10. The Battle of Kadesh Treaty of Kadesh Ramses II at Kadesh

12. Phoenician Sea Routes

13. A Phoenician Bireme Ship

14. The “Royal Purple” Dye

15. Phoenician City of Byblos: “Home of the Alphabet”

16. Phoenician Alphabet

17. Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest Colony

19. The Assyrian Empire ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning ™ is a trademark used herein under license.

20. Assyrian Military Power Assyrian soldiers carrying away the enemy’s gods.

21. Jewish Captives: 8 c BCE

22. Babylon under the Chaldeans

23. Nebuchadnezzar II’s Babylon

24. Ishtar Gate

25. Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

26. Israelites in Captivity

27. Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near East

28. The Great Library at Alexandria. Egypt