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Former name for geographical are that includes Lebanon, Syria and Israel

The citadels of Mycenae were used only for the king

Persians lived on the Western Shores of the Persian Gulf

Laws the Jews believed given to them by god through Moses

East Asian Nations of China, Japan, North and South Korea, etc

Amateur Archeologist who excavated Mycenae 1860-1870

Son of Darius I who was unable to capture Greece

The first person to discover ruins associated with events in bible

Philistaea

Group on Iranian Plain who helped to ruin Nineveh in 612BCE

A system for classifying objects

A way of carving where design is raised above level of background

Neighbors to Persians who used coins

In 586 BC King Nebuchadnezzar freed the Jews from their captivity

Location: Persia

Phoenicia

Many Egyptians followed when Akenhaten changed the religion of Egypt to worship the Aten

A heretic is a person who goes against traditional belief

Lived south of Phoenicians and enemies of Hebrews

Sargon II (Assyrian) rebuilt the ancient city of Nineveh

The Babylonin Captivity occured when the Assyrians captured Jerusalem and forced Hebrews into exile in 586BC

According to Torah, Hebrews lived near Ur around 2000BC

Knossos

British Archeologist who did excavations at Knossos (crete)

Abraham is considered the founding patriach of the Isrealites

In 1700Bce Egypt was invaded by the Hyksos

David's son - reigned 973-937BCE- and built a great temple at Jerusalem

Queen Hatshesput co-ruled Egypt with her nephew Thutmose III and sent expeditions to Punt

Hittities

Traditional National god of Egypt

In Greek legend he is the King of Crete, responsible for building Palace of Knossos

Chaldean Empire lasted a long time and they had a great war machine

Mesopotamia

He discovered the connection between Sanskrit, Latin and Greek in 1786

Assurnasirpal II founded the Neo-Assyrian empire and established an aggressive military campaign against his neighbors

Biblical Archeology is the recovery and scientific investigation of material remains to illuminate periods in Old Test

Sea Empire

Book in Judiasm that holds laws about everyday matters etc

Darius I improved State administration by setting up

Region of Southwest Asia including Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, etc

Linear A/B Scripts were used by the ancient civilizations of Crete and Mycenae