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New centers of civilization
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Central Asia

• New civilization
• Raised sheep and goats, bronze tools, irrigation
  to grow wheat and barley
• _______________________-domesticated animals for
  food and clothing-moved along a regular migratory
  route to provide source of nourishment for their
  animals
• People in settled communities didnt interact
  with nomads

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Nomads

• Benefits
• _________________________________
• Carried on new technology
• would attack civilizations if regular patterns
  disturbed
• _____________________-most important nomadic
  group
• Group of people who use a language derived from a
  single parent tongue
• Greek, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit

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Indo-Europeans

• Based north of the black sea or in southwest Asia
• 2000 BC move into Europe, India, and western Asia
• Hittites
• Moved into _________________ and combined with
  native people
• Western Asia

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Hittites

• First to use iron and create cheap weapons
• 1200 BC-Sea People destroyed the empire
• After downfall there was no strong empire which
  left room for new empires
• Syria, Palestine

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Phoenicians

• Phoenicians-lived in Palestine along
  Mediterranean coast
• Trade was basis of prosperity
• Byblos, Tyre, Sidon-ports on eastern
  Mediterranean
• Produced ________________________________
• Improved ships to become international sea
  traders
• _____________________________________
• Established Carthage-north African coast
• Best known for alphabet-passed to Greeks then
  derived Roman alphabet still used today

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The Children of Israel

• ______________________-lived south of Phoenicians
• Judaism
• Migrated from Mesopotamia to Palestine then to
  Egypt and held captive until Moses set them free
  and they returned to Palestine
• Referred as Canaan
• Grazing herds
• Established kingdom known as Israel

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The United Kingdom

• __________________-ruled 970-930 BC
• Israelites had control over Palestine and made
  Jerusalem the capital of Israel
• Expanded government and army and trade
• ________________________________
• Height of power

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Divided Kingdom

• Solomons death
• Northern and southern tribes tension2 kingdoms
• North-kingdom of ________________ and captial of
  Samaria
• South-kingdom of _________________ and capital of
  Jerusalem
• Chaldeans-new enemy of Judah
• Destroyed Jurusalem in 586 BC

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Kingdom of Judah

• Revived by Persians
• Became known as Jews
• _________________-stateless religion based on the
  belief that God was not fixed to one particular
  land but was creator and Lord of the whole world

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Spiritual Dimensions of Isreal

• Jewish beliefs
• One God called ____________________-creator of
  the world
• God ruled and all people are his servants
• Nature was gods handiwork and not different gods
  s believed by Egypt
• People would be punished if they did not obey his
  will
• _____________________-belief in one god

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Judaism Continued

• _________________-religious teachers sent by God
  to serve as his voice to the people

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