The Ancient Near East: An Essential Guide (Biblia.com)

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The cultures of the great empires of the ancient Near East from Egypt to Mesopotamia influenced Israel's religion, literature, and laws because of Israel's geographic location and political position situation. Anyone who wishes to understand the Old Testament texts and the history of ancient Israel must become familiar with the history, literature, and society of the surrounding kingdoms that at...

during the Second Millennium B.C.E. After their empire collapsed (ca. 1180 B.C.E.), various Neo-Hittite states emerged in central Anatolia and northern Syria. The term Hittite is based on an identification of this group with the Hittites mentioned in the Bible. They themselves referred to their land as Hatti, which comes from the indigenous population of the territory prior to the emergence of the Hittites. The Hittites established a kingdom with their capital at Hattusa (modern-day Bogazköy,

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