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They were the starting empire of the bronze age and the first conquers of the era.
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An extremely powerful force which was extremely wealthy was at the height of its existence.
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The Kassites took over and destroyed the Hittite empire which was ruling for most of the bronze age.
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By this time the Myceneans destroyed the Minoans and got rid of their independence with a series of attacks.
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They are a great nation not in the region which was hit but were known for being the best at sea faring.
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Around 1100 BCE the governments were all waring causing a great collapse of many nations in that area
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It was a great dark age following the collapse of so many empires at the end of the bronze age.
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Great droughts had appeared and started to destroy crop while empires were not able to feed their own people.
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After the collapse not many places survived but the Phoenicians helped jump start the economy once again with the long distance trade.
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When the 9th century BCE came the Assyrians started to war and conquer making them the largest super power for a while in the middle east.
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By the 7th century the Assyrians kept conquering into the Mediterranean getting into Egypt and taking the empire down.
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By a series of rebellions the Assyrians fell in the late 7th century BCE.
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