History Quiz

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Hittites Geography

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Hill country of Turkey was their stronghold, the controlled fertile lands part of the way down the Tigris and Euphrates.

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Hittites Goverment

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Strong centralized goverment dissolved when attacked by the Sea People.

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Hittites Everday Life

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They lived either in villages or in large fortified cities.

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Hittites Achievments

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First to smelt iron and made the fastest, lightest chariots of their day.

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Hittites Interactions with Isreal

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They were decimated by the Sea People before Isreal entered th Promise Land, but remaining people fled south and many made their homes in Isreal.

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Ammorites Geography

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Lived east of the Transjordan: due east of the Jordan Rift and the Dead Sea.

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Ammorites Goverment

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Major cities were well fortified. Rabbath was a royal city conquered by Joab under David.

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Ammorites Everday LIfe

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Many were sheperds and nomads. Thier idolatrous god was called Milcom, possibly another form of Molech.

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Ammonites Interactions with Isreal

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Younger daughter of LOt gave birth to Ben-Ammi, father of all Ammonites. Isreal under Joshua wasn't aloud to take thier land.

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Amorites Geography

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North and east of the Transjordan tribes. Fertile; watered by Euphrates and other lesser streams.

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Amorites Goverment

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Minor kings of fortified cities.

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Amorites Everyday Life

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Highlanders; warlike mountaineers. Fair skin, light hair, blue eyes. Large as a race at least on king was a giant

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Amorites Interactions with Isreal

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Ezekiel says that Jeurusalem was "sired" by an Amorite. They were the most often to test Isreal as adversaries.

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Moabites Geography

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Uplands east and south of the Dead Sea. Originally imbraced all Gillead and Basham.

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Moabites Goverment

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Some cities and independent minor kings. Farmers and Herders.

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Moabites Interactions with Isreal

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Moses died there. Ruth was a Moabitess. No Moabite man, even when conveted to Judiaism, was allowed to enter the Tabernacle: nor his childeren even after the tenth generation.

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Edomites Geography

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South of the Dead Sea. Strong mountain fortresses. A wild and rugged region, traversed by fruitful valleys.

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Edomites Everyday LIfe

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They became prosperous through agriculture, cattle, and the tribute they levied on passing caravans.

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Edomites Interactions with Isreal

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Decendants of Esau. When Moses was leading Isreal, Edomites refused permission to the Isrealites to pass through thier land.

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Lydians Geography

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Extreme western coastal region of Turkey.

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Lydians Goverment

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Restored order after the GreekDark Ages resulting from the disruptions by the Sea People.

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Lydians Everyday Life

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A Thracian warrior caste who dominated the indigenous peasentry.

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Lydians Achievements

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Derived greaqt wealth from alluvial gold found in the tributaries of the Hermus River.

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LYdians Interactions with Isreal

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No record of them in the Bible. They were disant neighbors, but many have affected trade or had other indirect influences.