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24 Cards in this Set
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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.
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