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Water
The most highly sought after resource in the ANE.
Chalcolithic
4500-3300 BC
Early Bronze Age
3300-2000 BC
Middle Bronze Age
2000-1500 BC
Late Bronze Age
1500-1200 BC
Iron Age
1200-586 BC
Babylonian and Persian Periods
586-332 BC
Hellenistic Period
332-63 BC
Roman Period
63 BC-AD 324
The late date of the exodus
1267/6 BC
The early date of the exodus
1447/6 BC
The fall of Samaria
722 BC
The destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem
586 BC
Egyptian
The court in which Joseph served.
Ur
The city from which Abraham originated.
Sumerians
The first major people group to originate in Mesopotamia.
International Coastal Highway
One of the first major highways discussed in class.
Kings Highway
One of the second major highways discussed in class.
Tigris
One of the first major rivers in Mesopotamia.
Euphrates
One of the second major rivers in Mesopotamia.
Geographical and Geopolitical
The two 'betweenesses' that define the Levant.
Assyria
The superpower that began to threaten the balance of power in the ancient Near East about 900 BC.
Jeroboam II
The king who led Israel in a lengthy period of prosperity and peace shortly after 800 BC.
Uzziah
The king who led Judah in a lengthy period of prosperity and peace shortly after 800 BC.
Tiglath-pileser III
The king whose accession to the Assyrian throne in 745 BC marked a new phase of Assyrian expansion.
Syro-Ephraimite War
The conflict when the kings of Damascus and Israel attacked Judah.
Samaria
The city whose capture was claimed by Sargon II but implied to be primarily Shalmaneser V's responsibility.
Assyria
The northern kingdom, was the high watermark for this empire
Hezekiah
The king of Judah in the eighth century who steered a course of religious reform.
Gihon Spring
The place from which a 1,700 foot tunnel was built to divert water to a pool within Jerusalem.
Jeroboam I
The first king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
Rehoboam
The first king of the southern kingdom of Judah.
Rabshakeh
An Assyrian military officer who taunted the king of Judah.
Isaiah
The prophet who encouraged the king of Judah against the Assyrians.
185,000
The number of men the Assyrians lost during Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem.
Manasseh
The king of Judah who was also mentioned during the siege.
Esarhaddon
The first Assyrian king to conquer Memphis in Egypt.
Ashurbanipal II
The Assyrian king who defeated the Egyptians and sacked Thebes in 663 BC.
Cyaxares
The Median king partially responsible for the fall of Assyria.
Nabopolassar
The Chaldean king partially responsible for the fall of Assyria.
Nahum
The Israelite prophet who predicted the fall of Nineveh.
Neco
The pharaoh who fought a battle against Judah.
Carchemish
The location of the final showdown between Egypt and Babylonia in 605 BC.
Nebuchadnezzar
The general who led Babylonia to victory over the Egyptians in 605 BC.
Josiah
The godly king of Judah who was killed in battle at Megiddo.
Judah
The smaller nation caught between Egypt and Babylonia after the Babylonian defeat of Egypt in 605 BC.
Daniel
The first prophet taken into Babylonian exile about 605/604 BC.
Jehoiakim
The king who withheld tribute to Babylon in 601 BC.
Ezekiel
The second prophet taken into Babylonian exile in 597 BC.
Zedekiah
The king who ignored God's prophet and saw his children executed before being led to Babylon.
Sheshbazzar
Led the first returnees back to Judah out of exile.
Jeremiah
The prophet taken to Egypt when the Chaldeans attacked Jerusalem.
Persia
The empire that became the largest ever produced in the ancient Near East during the sixth century BC.
Nabonidus
The last king of Babylon.
Belshazzar
The son of the last king of Babylon who was co-regent.
Cyrus
The king who conquered Babylon and issued the edict for the Jews to return home.