| Geographic Location | Achievements and/or Rulers | Reason for Decline
What happened to them |
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| Egyptians
3100-27 BC |
750 miles
downstream 1st cataract of Nile NE Africa |
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| Hyskos
1800-1580 BC page 21 Section 1 |
Chariots | ||
| Summerians
3000-2400 BC |
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| Akkadians
2400-2300 BC |
conquered by the Babylonians | ||
| Babylonians
1800-1600 BC |
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| Hittites
1600-1200 BC |
mostly western part of Crescent | ||
| Phoenicians
1000-700 BC |
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| Assyrians
900-612 BC |
cavalry/ battering ram government
Nineveh |
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| Chaldeans
612-538 BC |
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| Persians
550-331 BC |
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| Lydians
700-547 BC |
absorbed into other cultures | ||
| Hebrews
1200-586 BC |
ethical
monotheism |
conquered by the Chaldeans, dispersed in a great diaspora, still a viable ethnic group |