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: 8 c 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