Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY The Ancient Middle East Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
3A. The Hittites & the Beginning of the Iron Age
Hittite Empire
Hattusas
Hattusas: Capital of the Hittites
Hattusas – Lion’s Gate
Hittite Chariots & Warriors
Hittite Writing
A Balance of Power: 1200 B. C. E.
The Battle of Kadesh Ramses II at Kadesh Treaty of Kadesh
3B. The Phoenicians: Transmitters of Civilizations
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
3C. The Assyrian Empire
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 Gardens of Babylon?
Israelites in Captivity
Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near East
The Great Library at Alexandria. Egypt