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indo-european
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a group of people that spoke variations of the same language
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assyrians
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a semitic speaking people that emergerd around 2400 BCE in northern mesopotamia
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mycenaeans
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the ancient greek cilization that settled in greece
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semitic
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the nsemitic language family has the longest recorded history of any linguistic group and it is the root for most of the languages in the middle east
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akhenaten
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the 14th century pharaoh who developed a sun oriented religion
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nefertiti
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the wife of akhenaten
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minoans
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a sea empire that flourished on Crete
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phoenicians
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the semitic-speaking residnets of present-day lebanon
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cyrus
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the ruler of the persians
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zoroastrians
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founded by Zoroster this persian religion urged people to be truthful
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david
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king of the hebrews from around 1000 to 973 BCE
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hittites
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an indo-eurpean-speaking people that migrated into anatolia (now days Turkey)
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