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The Assyrians overrun the Kingdom of Israel and sent many Israelites to other parts of the Assyrian Empire. These scattered Israelites merged with neighboring people and gradually lost their identity.
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Isrealites emerged as a distinct group of people, organized in tribes, who established a united kingdom known as Isreal.
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Hatshepsut was the daughter of the Pharaoh Thutmose l. She married her half brother, who became Pharaoh Thutmose ll. When he died, Hatshepsut assumed the full power of Pharaoh.
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A new dynasty of Pharaohs used the new weapons to drive out Hyksos and reunite Egypt. The New Kingdom was established and lasted approximatley from 1567 to 1085 B.C.
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The Hittites created their own empire in western Asia and even threatened the power of the Egyptians. the Hittites were the first of the Indo-European peoples to make use of iron.
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Hammurabi is remembered for his law code, a collection of 282 laws. Many of its ideas were similar to later Israelite codes.
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The old kingdom eventually collapsed =, followed by a period of chaos that lasted anout 150 years. Finally, a new royal dynasty gained control of all Egypt and began the Middle Kingdom.
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The largest and most magnificent of all the pyramids was built under King Khufu constructed at Giza around 2540 B.C., the famous Great Puramid of King Khufu covers 13 acres
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Old Kingdom was an age of prosperty and splendor.
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Nevertheless the widespread use of bronze has led historians to speak of a Bronze Age.
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Inventing the oldest writng system, cuneiform, which dates from about 3000 B.C.
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Writing in Egypt emerged around 3000 B.C. The Greeks later called this earliest Egyptian writing Hieroglyphics, meaning "priest-carving" or "sacred writing"
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The growing of crops on a regular basis gave rise to ore permanent settlements.
