Hittites

14 09, 2017

Third Dynasty of Ur – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

By |2019-09-04T08:14:31-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Third Dynasty of Ur – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

Standard of Ur This is the Middle Bronze Age in West Asia, about 2100 BC to 1700 BC. It corresponds roughly to the First Intermediate Period in Egypt, and just as in Egypt this [...]

14 09, 2017

Who were the Hittites? West Asian history

By |2019-09-05T05:39:53-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Who were the Hittites? West Asian history

Hittites: musicians in long and short tunics (1500 BC, modern Turkey) History of the Hittites The Hittites were Indo-European people. They seem to have moved south from the Caspian Sea into southern Turkey around 2000 [...]

14 09, 2017

West Asian history – The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran

By |2019-09-05T05:40:01-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian history – The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran

Map of West Asia People also call West Asia the Near East or the Middle East. It is the part of Asia that is closest to the Mediterranean Sea. West Asia [...]

13 09, 2017

Amorites – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

By |2019-09-05T05:40:46-07:00September 13th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Amorites – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

History of the Amorites: an Amorite jug, about 2200 BC Where did the Amorites live? About 2400 BC, the Amorites were living in what is now southern Turkey and Syria. Amorites [...]

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