Levant

After Babylonians Assyrians Assyrians conquered Israel Moved the people out of Israel and put other people in Co-existed with Babylonians Considered themselves from the Babylonians Jews hated Samaritans Egypt Stay a lot in Egypt or go south Northeast Africa along the Nile River Civilization formed by 3000 BC Egyptians benefited from the trade and influence of Mesopotamia Egypt not as open to invasion as Mesopotamia Had to cross Libyan desert on the west Peninsula on the east Only way in from the south Moved out of Sahara Desert when it became dry and unfertile Considered Pharaoh to be a god Said that the Pharaoh took the form of Horus after death One of the only civilizations to have a very worked out after life Political structure Pharaoh had immense power = ?god-like? status