HIST 101 Lecture 9: Levantine Civilizations and the Hittites
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Recap: egypt in the new kingdom-old power structures have been demolished after thousands of years, end of bronze age, smaller kingdoms are taking over, iron age emerging slowly now. Phoenicians (modern day lebanon: made up of many city-states which exist independently run by independent kingdoms. Work together all have the same religion: traded goods other people produced and spread it across. Arameans (modern day syria)-similar economic incentives and strategies as the phoenicians by producing their own goods to move to other communities: also imported other peoples" goods and traded them with others. Arameans and phoenicia both are moving tons of goods out. Canaanites: polytheistic-shared same gods with phoenicians. Bronze age phoenicia 3000-1200bce: how did they travel-used water-resistant trees to make oars and boats, location-coast of mediterranean, foreign relations-most people wanted to be their allies bc of all their goods, very few enemies, culture-polytheistic. Made them different than other communities: had an actively understanding of the afterlife.
