Hebrews, Hittites, & Assyrians

2000-600 BC

Assyrian Exile (721 BC)

Conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians; 10 lost tribes of Israel (they were assimilated by other peoples and disappeared from history)

Babylonian Captivity (587 BC)

the forced detention of Jews in Babylonia following the conquest of the Kingdom of Judah (south); ended in 538 with the Persian Cyrus the Great who allowed Jews to return to Palestine

Hittites

Ancient Indo-European people who appeared in Anatolia (TURKEY) at the beginning of the 2nd millenium BC; by 1340 BC they had become one of the dominant powers of the Middle East.

Hyksos

dynasty of Palestinian origin that ruled northern Egypt as the 15th dynasty

Indo-Europeans

hypothetical prehistoric population whose descendants spread across a vast area from Western Europe to the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st millennia BC.

Semitic

Afro-Asiatic people

Phoenicians

peoples who inhabited one of the city states of ancient Phoenicia like Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, or Beirut.  Located along the eastern Mediterranean trade routes; notable merchants and traders