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Empires and peoples
characteristics and features of early empires
| Civilization or Empire | Feature / Characteristic |
|---|---|
| Persian Empire | Royal Road / well organized / Zoroastrian religion |
| Lydians | first to use coins / money economy |
| Phoenicians | known as the "Carriers of Civilization" |
| Hebrews | began with Abraham in the region of Sumer |
| Hittites | known as the first to extract iron from ore |
| Kush / Nubia | located south of Egypt / capital was Meroe |
| Assyrians | they built a great library in the city of Nineveh \ also known for their feared warriors |
| Phoenicians | they produced a 22 consonant alphabet |
| Phoenicians | they produced a purple dye from Mediterannean shellfish |
| Hebrews | they were a Semitic people who believed that God had Promised them a homeland |
| Hebrews | according to the Bible, Moses led them out of Egypt and gave them God's law |
| Babylonians | the Hanging Gardens was one of many building projects by their king, Nebuchadnezzar |
| Hebrew / Jews / Israelites | they had an ethical monotheistic religion and saw themselves as God's "chosen people" |
| Jews / Hebrews / Israelis | These people left or were driven from their land over 2000 years ago in what is called a diaspora |
| Hyksos | These people conquered Egypt and ruled between the Middle and New Kingdoms |
| Aryans | they entered the Indus Valley through the Hindu Kush range and established the caste system |