Quaestio How did new powers emerge from the

Quaestio: How did new powers emerge from the Collapse of the 12 th Century BCE? Nunc Agenda: Move your desks into groups of four and teach other about the Egypt stations your group members missed. NO COPYING!!!

Iron Age Opportunists Work TOGETHER as a group to examine the documents and answer the questions. Remember to work together, discussing each question together, and fulfilling your group roles.

Bronze Age Rulers of Southwest Asia • 1600 -1178 BCE: The Hittites, Indo-Europeans who settled in Anatolia (aka Asia Minor), who, with the help of chariot warfare and early iron weapons, built an empire that, at its height, stretched into northern Mesopotamia and the Levant

Bronze Age Rulers of Southwest Asia • 1550 -1077 BCE: New Kingdom Egypt expands through conquest into the Levant, competing with the Hittites for control of valuable trade routes

Iron Age Rulers of Southwest Asia • Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200 BCE) – Sudden widespread collapse of civilizations throughout the Eastern Mediterranean world – Cause Unknown: Possibilities include volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, invasions by new Semitic and Indo-European groups (Sea Peoples), new warfare technology (iron weapons) – Affected Egyptians, Babylonians, Hittites, Canaanites, Minoans, and Mycenaean Greeks

Before Bronze Age Collapse Allowed new groups to grow as old powers weakened

After Bronze Age Collapse Allowed new groups to grow as old powers weakened

After Bronze Age Collapse Allowed new groups to grow as old powers weakened

Iron Age Opportunists Work TOGETHER as a group to examine the documents and answer the questions. Remember to work together, discussing each question together, and fulfilling your group roles.