New Centers of Civilization & Rise of New Empires

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  1. 2. Assyrian name of one of the world's oldest library.
  2. 3. Name of Empire that forced Jews to leave Palestine
  3. 5. Empire in western Asia that threatened the power of Egyptians; Queen Pudahipa
  4. 7. The Phoenician alphabet influenced this other alphabet
  5. 9. Assyrian king known for committing atrocities on captives of war
  6. 11. nomads depended on hunting and gathering; herding of animals
  7. 12. Chaldean king who made Babylonia the center of his empire.
  8. 14. Europeans People from a particular language group (Greek, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, Germanic
  9. 15. The first half of the Bible is used by Jews; The Hebrew Bible
  10. 17. Exploited the use of iron weapons to establish an empire by 700 B.C.E.
  11. 18. international sea traders from the Mediterranean Coast of modern day Syria & Palestine
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  1. 1. Religion with only one god.
  2. 4. Greek leader who invaded and conquered the Persian Empire
  3. 6. Name of Jewish God; Creator of the world; all people were his servants
  4. 8. Semitic speaking people located south of the Phoenicians; Descendants of Abraham
  5. 10. Persian king with a reputation for mercy, wisdom and compassion during his conquests
  6. 13. Monotheistic religion from Persia based on the teachings of Zoroaster (born in 660 BCE)
  7. 16. Ruler of Israel who made Jerusalem its capital; known for being a wise king
  8. 18. Jews were taken as slaves to Babylonia & lived in captivity until this empire freed them.