Chapter
2
Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East, 1700–500 B.C.E.
Focus Questions
1. What impact did Indo-European-speaking peoples have on the pattern of Near Eastern life?
2. In what ways did New Kingdom Egypt differ from the Old and Middle Kingdoms?
3. What were the principal features of the Late Bronze Age international system?
4. How similar was Mycenaean culture to Minoan culture?
5. Why did Phoenician cities prosper during the Early Iron Age?
6. What were the foundations of Assyrian imperial power?
7. In what ways did the Persian Empire differ from its Near Eastern predecessors? How would you account for those differences?
8. What developments marked the Hebrew transition from polytheism to monotheism?

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