Minoan civilization flourishes
1900-1500 B.C.E.
Creation of the Hittite Empire
1800-1400 B.C.E.
Rise of Babylon under Hammurabi.
1792 B.C.E.
Hyksos invasion of Egypt and Second Intermediate Period
1650-1550 B.C.E.
Mycenaean civilization flourishes
1600-1200 B.C.E.
New Kingdom of Egypt established
1550-1075 B.C.E
Invasions of the Sea Peoples begin
c. 1200 B.C.E.
Philistine dominance in Palestine
1100-1000 B.C.E.
Hebrew kingdom consolidated
1000-973 B.C.E.
Israel and Judah divided
924 B.C.E.
Neo-Assyrian Empire founded
883-859 B.C.E.
Kingdom of Israel destroyed
722 B.C.E.
Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
612-605 B.C.E.
Fall of the kingdom of Judah
586 B.C.E.
Persian Empire consolidated
539-486 B.C.E.
A mysterious wave of invasions entered the Mediterranean world and destroyed almost all of the preexisting civilizations:
in the second millennium B.C.E.
After the collapse of Mycenaean Greece, a wave of destruction swept across the Near East and the Mediterranean world as a result of the invasions of the:
Sea Peoples.
Akhenaten represents one of the earliest moves, in Western history, toward:
monotheism in religious practices.
By 1500 B.C.E.:
huge Mycenaean citadels were scattered across Greece.
By the fourteenth century B.C.E., international relations were marked by:
diplomatic standards, polite forms of address, gifts, and alliances.
In Phoenicia's overseas colonies:
power was wielded by a small number of elite families.
In the Book of Judges, the Hebrew people:
begin to settle and organize themselves into twelve tribes.
Linguistically, the term Indo-European refers to:
a hypothetical parent language from which many languages in Europe and the Near East descend.
Neo-Assyrian dominance can be attributed to all of the following except:
the extraction of regular, formal tribute from its vanquished foes.
Philistine power was based in:
the Pentapolis.
The Babylonian Captivity of the Hebrews affected Judaism by:
fostering a religious identity that transcended political realities.
The Eighteenth Dynasty in Egypt produced many strong pharaohs, among them:
Hatshepsut.
The Hebrew cult of Yahweh:
was significantly advanced by the Levites.
The Late Bronze Age:
was an age of superpowers.
The Minoans remain somewhat mysterious to modern historians because:
their written language has not yet been deciphered.
The Mitannians introduced horse-drawn chariots to carry archers, but:
their opponents soon copied their technology and battle tactics.
The New Kingdom, particularly the Eighteenth Dynasty, was marked by:
the rise of a wealthy aristocracy.
The Phoenicians's greatest contribution to civilization was:
their alphabet.
The accomplishments of King Darius of Persia included:
building roads for transport and postal service.
The culture of the Hittites was:
strongly militaristic, prone to conquest and colonization.
The division of property and wealth in New Kingdom Egypt:
favored the pharaoh, the officer class, and the temples of the gods.
The division of the ancient kingdom of Israel was:
provoked by Solomon's oppressive regime.
The system of writing developed by the citizens of Ugarit:
used an alphabet of about thirty symbols for the consonants.
Two of the foremost Hebrew prophets who emphasized the ethical demands God makes on humans were:
Amos and Hosea.
Zoroastrianism taught:
belief in two divine forces.