CLCV 2906 Lecture 7: ANE topic 7 notes
30 Nov 2016
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Topic 7: the club of the great powers. Between 1500 bc and 1200 bc ancient near east became united in an international system. Large territorial states interacted with one another as equals and rivals: some smaller states manage to flourish as clients or buffers to larger states. Egypt in this period reaches its largest territorial extent. Image 2: map of hittites, upper mesopotamia + babylon. Conquered most of the islands in the aegean. Had a series entrep t on west coast of turkey ruled most of adriatic sea on west side of greece: egyptians. Pushed as far as third cataract in nubia (sudan) Meant control of the important gold mines. Controlled almost all of eastern coast of mediterranean up to ras. Ports on east coast of africa allowed direct trade with west coast of. Dominate syria and northern part of mesopotamia: babylonia.
