HST 101 Lecture : 03 - The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000 - 500 B.C.E..doc
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In the southern portion of western asia, the kassites ruled babylonia during this period. In the north, the assyrians had their origins in the northern tigris area. They were involved in trade in tin and silver: the hittites had their capital in anatolia, used horse-drawn chariots, and had access to important copper, silver, and iron deposits, during the second millennium b. c. e. Mesopotamian political and cultural concepts spread across much of western asia. New kingdom egypt: the new kingdom period was preceded by the decline of the middle kingdom. 20. and by the subsequent period of rule by the non-egyptian hyksos. Egyptian dynasty overthrew the hyksos to begin the new kingdom period. This period was characterized by aggressive expansion into syria-palestine and into. Innovations during the new kingdom period include queen hatsheput"s attempt to open direct trade with punt and akhenaten"s construction of a new capital at.
