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the early iron age

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c. 1200-750 BC

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disruption in the Near East

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c. 1200 BC; political and social upheaval; most likely caused by migrating peoples

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Aramaic and Chaldean tribes

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invaded into Assyria and Babylonia; came from the steppes and deserts between Palestine and Mesopotamia

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“sea peoples” (Philistines)

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invaders from the eastern Mediterranean; name given to them by Egyptians

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the third intermediate period in Egypt

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c. 1100-715 BC; Amon’s high priest in Thebes as semi-independent ruler, Libyans in the delta area

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Late kingdom in Egypt

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c. 715-332 BC; almost always ruled by foreign powers (Nubians, Assyrians, Persians)

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Damascus, Carchemish

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city states in Syria

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Byblos, Tyre, Sidon

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Phoenician city states

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Phoenicians

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called themselves Canaanites; passed the Near Eastern culture to Europe, enabled contacts between the Greeks and people in the Near East; 10th century onwards explored the Mediterranean and reached the Spanish coast, Cyprus, North Africa; alphabetic script which contained only 22 signs

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Saul

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first king of the Israelites

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David

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second king (c. 1000 BC) who ousted Saul to the enemy and assumed control of the throne

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Solomon

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David’s son and successor, built the temple for the God in Jerusalem

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