The document provides information about several ancient civilizations in the Near East including the Hittite Empire based in Hattusas, the Phoenicians and their sea routes and alphabet, the powerful Assyrian Empire and their military dominance, the Neo-Babylonian Empire under King Nebuchadnezzar II and the famed city of Babylon, and the influence of Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture in the region.

3. Hittite Empire

4. Hattusas

5. Hattusas:
Capital of the Hittites

6. Hattusas – Lion’s Gate

7. Hittite Chariots &
Warriors

8. Hittite Writing

9. A Balance of Power: 1200 B.
C. E.

10. The Battle of Kadesh
Treaty of Kadesh
Ramses II at Kadesh

12. Phoenician Sea Routes

13. A Phoenician Bireme Ship

14. The “Royal Purple” Dye

15. Phoenician City of Byblos:
“Home of the Alphabet”

16. Phoenician Alphabet

17. Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest
Colony

19. The Assyrian Empire

20. Assyrian Military Power
Assyrian soldiers
carrying away
the enemy’s
gods.

21. Jewish Captives: 8c
BCE

22. Babylon underthe
Chaldeans

23. NebuchadnezzarII’s
Babylon

24. Ishtar
Gate

25. Hanging Gardens
of Babylon?

26. Israelites in Captivity

27. Alexanderthe Great & the
Hellenization of the NearEast

28. The Great Library at Alexandria.
Egypt