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201424327Iron AgeTerm for the period during which iron was the primary metal for tools and weapons.0
201424328HittitiesPeople from central Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age.1
201424329HatshepsutQueen of Egypt.2
201424330AkhenatenEgyptian pharaoh. He built a new capital at Amarna, fostered a new style of naturalistic art, and created a religious revolution by imposing worship of the sundisk.3
201424331Ramesses IILong-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt.4
201424332MinoanProsperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E.5
201424333MycenaeSite of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom.6
201424334shaft gravesTerm used for the burial sites of elite members of Mycenaean Greek society in the mid-second millennium B.C.E.7
201424335Linear BSet of syllabic symbols, derived from the writing system of Minoan Crete, used in the Mycenaean palaces of Late Bronze Age to write an early form of Greek.8
201424336Neo-Assyrian EmpireEmpire extending from western Iran to Syria-Palestine, conquered by the Assyrians of northern Mesopotamia between the tenth and seventh centuries B.C.E.9
201424337mass deportationForcibly uprooting entire communities and resettling them elsewhere.10
201424338Library of AshurbanipalLarge collection of writings drawn from the ancient literary, religious, and scientific traditions of Mesopotamia.11
201424339IsraelLand between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, occupied by the Israelites from the early second millennium B.C.E.12
201424340Hebrew BibleCollection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and practices of the Israelites.13
201424341First TempleMonumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E. to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh.14
201424342monotheismBelief in the existence of a single divine "god".15
201424343DiasporaGreek word meaning "dispersal", used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland.16
201424344PhoeniciansSemitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium B.C.E.17
201424345CarthageFounded by Phoenicians. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean.18
201424346Neo-Babylonian kingdomUnder the Chaldaeans, Babylon again became a major political and cultural center in the seventh and sixth centuries.19

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