Ancient Near East

CHAPTER 4 The Mediterranean and Middle East, ?2000?500?b.c.e. I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . The Cosmopolitan Middle East, 1700?1100 b.c.e. A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Western Asia 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . In the southern portion of western Asia, the Kassites ruled Babylonia during this period. Babylonia did not pursue territorial conquest. In the north, the Assyrians had their origins in the northern Tigris area. They were involved in trade in tin and silver. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Hittites had their capital in Anatolia, used horse-drawn chariots, and had access to important copper, silver, and iron deposits. 3?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . During the second millennium b.c.e. Mesopotamian political and cultural concepts spread across much of western Asia. B?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . New Kingdom Egypt