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Ur - an early Sumerian city in ancient Mesopotamia Phoenicians - Located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform King Scorpion - Predynastic Egyptian ruler Uruk - City representing Mesopotamian culture- existed from 4000 to 2900 BCE Weni - Court official of 6th dynasty ancient Egypt. In tomb, Autobiography of Weni was discovered. Tell el-Amarna - Site of ruins/tombs of Akhetaton. Upper Egypt Enkidu - In the epic of Gilgamesh, the wild man created by the gods to distract Gilgamesh from his antisocial activities. Ebla - Syrian city that established a civilization with a trading economy around 2500 B.C.E. Nubia - A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 BCE Sea Peoples - Indo-European invaders (ca. 1200 BCE) who conquered the Hittites, ended the Egyptian dominance of Palestine, and ended the bronze age Nineveh - Capital of the assyrian empire, time of SennacheribIsraelites - What Hebrews were called after Moses received the ten commandments Narmer palette - An artifact discovered at the site of Hierakonpolis; its two sides show the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under King Narmer Linear B - Mycenaean written script, adapted from the Minoan Linear A. Sennacherib - Kind of Assyria 704-681 BCE Thera - Island in Aegean Sea, site of Minoan colony Akhenaton - Egyptian pharaoh of the New Kingdom; attempted to establish a one-god religion, replacing the traditional Egyptian pantheon of gods. BCE Utnapishtim - Epic of Gilgamesh- Survivor of a flood sent by the gods to destroy humanity; the gods granted him eternal life. Amorites - A group of semitic people who overwhelmed the Mesopotamians and founded the Babylonian Empire, 2000 BCE Eridu - Considered the oldest known city in the world. located in southern Mesopotamia, was inhabited by sumerians Thutmose III - A pharaoh during the Middle Kingdom that was one of the greatest conquerers and many new lands were brought under control under his reign. BCE Cyrus - Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples. King of Persia. Solomon - The Hebrew king who built Jerusalem's first Hebrew temple; son of King David. 970-930 BCEAbydos - One of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt. According to Egyptian Mythology-the holy city where Osiris was buried, in addition to many other pharaohs Hyksos - Semitic people who invaded Egypt in 1730 BCE, beginning the second Intermediate period during which the Hyksos (meaning "foreigner) ruled as pharaohs in Lower Egypt and exacted tribute from the royal families in Thebes. Hittites - An ancient Anatolian group whose empire at largest extent consisted of most of the Middle East. Some of the first two-wheeled chariots and iron. Settles Anatolia 2000 BCE Philistines - A powerful nation that invaded Canaan from the sea and became the most hated enemies of Israel. Descended from Pelset ppl in Palestine Jericho - Palestinian city dating back 9000 BCE, destroyed by Israelites in bible Troy - city in northwest Anatonia, destroyed by mycenaeans Kassites - into European people who invaded Mesopotamia in 1500 BCE Natufians - hunter-gatherer peoples of Syria and Palestine, BCE Uruk Vase - Vase found in temple of Sumerian goddess Inanna