The mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 B.C.E.
124869952 | Hittites | speakers of an Indo-European language | 0 | |
124869953 | Hetshepsut | served as eregent her young stepson and soon claimed the royal title for herself | 1 | |
124869954 | Akhenaten | used to be Amenhotep IV but changed name to support a new god | 2 | |
124869955 | Ramesses II | ruled for 66 years and dominated his age | 3 | |
124869956 | Minoan | civilization with centralized government, monumental building, bronze metallurgy, writing and record keeping | 4 | |
124869957 | shaft graves | graves with bodies of men, woman, and children and were filled with gold jewerly and ornaments, weapons, and utensils. | 5 | |
124869958 | Mycenae | located in southern Greece | 6 | |
124869959 | Linear B | baked clay tablets written in script that tells of the Mycenaean life | 7 | |
124869960 | Mass Deportation | forcibly uprooting entire communities and resettling them else where | 8 | |
124869961 | Israel | land the Israelites occupied | 9 | |
124869962 | Hebrew Bible | compilation of several collections of material that originated with different groups, employed distinctive vocabularies, and advocated particular interpretations of past events | 10 | |
124869963 | First temple | used to strengths the link between religious and secular authority | 11 | |
124869964 | monotheism | belief in only one god | 12 | |
124869965 | diaspora | scattering of the homelands of many jews | 13 | |
124869966 | Phoenicians | also known as the Canaanites | 14 | |
124869967 | Carthage | a separate colony | 15 |