B + T's Near East Final
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tlake1 on May 1, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hyksos | People who had moved from the Syrio-Palestine area down into Egypt. |
| Ahhiyawa | The Greeks, or, more specifically, the Achaeans. Encountered the Near East on the western shore of Anatolia. |
| Hurrians | Northern Mesopotamia. Possibly from Caucasia. Probably not centaurs. |
| Habiru | Syro-Palestinian. Semi-nomadic social outcasts, term means "robber/vagabond," Idrimi hung out with them while he was wandering near Canaan. |
| Gasga | Area in northern Anatolia near Black Sea. Portrayed as wild and aggressive tribesmen attacking Hittite cities, taking them out of gov't control. |
| Hattic/Hattians | Original occupants of Anatolia, Hittitie territory. NOT HITTITE ANCESTORS. Never had written language - only spoke Hattic. Eventually merged with/were replaced by Hittites as they moved in. |
| Sea Peoples | Possibly Libyans, according to Ramesses III: "Peleset, Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh" |
| Kassites | Babylonian region. Eventually became rulers of Babylon. Instated Akkadian dating system. |
| Aramaeans | Semi-nomadic people in Syria, became important militarily and politically later. Raided Assyria's ****. |
| Peleset/Philistines | Settled/took over fertile crescent (up to the Egyptian border) area after Sea Peoples ***ed *** up. |
| Shikalayu | Term used by the Hittites to describe the Sea Peoples' ethnicity. |
| Chaldeans | Tribal organization, settled along the Euphrates (Mesopotamia) and in the south. Took political power from the Kassites eventually. |
| Cimmerians | Maurading nomads that raided Babylonia's **** from somewhere north. Also eventually overran Phrygia. |
| Lydians | Became major power in west Anatolia when Phyrgians were weakened by Assyrians. invented coinage |
| Phrygians | Assyria's main opponent in Anatolia. Rich as **** - King Midas. |
| Mushku | A name that references King Midas, and thus probably Phygrians |
| Scythians | Nothern nomadic group that generally roamed around ***ing *** up throughout the entire Near East. Dominated Medes, constantly fighting Assyria/Anatolia. |
| Armenians | Replaced the Urartians by the 6th century BCE, making the region part of the Persian empire. |
| Ammonites/Ammon | East of the river Jordan, above Moab. Contributed some troops to fight Shalmaneser III when he crossed the Euphrates. |
| Medes | Zagros mountains and eastward. Pastoral, no written history. Sack Nineveh with Babylonians. |
| Persians | Lived in highlands of Anshan. |
| Luwian | Language related to Hittite, using Hittite hieroglyphic script. |
| Neo-Hittites | Southern Anatolia/Northwestern Syria. Used same Hittite hieroglyphs. Rulers tended to claim descendence from old Hittite state. Controlled east-west trade routes and mining areas, thus $$$. |
| Phoenicians | Centered in Canaan region. Rich as ****. Maritime trading culture. |
| Nubians | South of Egypt. Gold mines. Took turns controlling Egypt with Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal for a few years around 665. |
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