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Where is Mesopotamia located
west Asia
During the middle kingdom the pharaoh and nomarchs did this thing
shared power
The area of land known as the Levant connects
Egypt and Mesopotamia
Who were the first people to build sailboats, domesticate animals and develop irrigation
Sumerians
Egyptian trade route to Mesopotamia passed through this
Canaan
This Chapter's story explains how the Hittites conducted a peace treaty with the Egyptians by giving their princess in marriage to this pharaoh
Thutmose III
Originally, each Mesopotamian city was independent and ruled by its own king
city-states
What did the Hyksos have that gave them an advantage over the Egyptians in battle
Horses
An important Canaanite tribe that lived by the sea and became merchants were this
Phoenicians
These structures were in the center of Mesopotamian cities
Ziggurats
The period after the fall of the Hyksos is called the
New Kingdom
This king of Tyre made an alliance with king Solomon of Israel and helped him build the temple of Jerusalem
Hiram
Around 2270 B.C. this group invaded Mesopotamia
Akadians
This pharaoh went to war seventeen times and controlled the trade routes between Egypt and Mesopotamia
Thutmose III
The most important contribution of Phoenicians was their
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