The Hittites And The Neo-Babylonians

The four near eastern groups that had established themselves in the near East was The Hittites, The Assyrians, The Second Assyrian Empire, and The Neo-Babylonians. The Hittites had gone and decided to take the Mesopotamian writing and many ideas of Mesopotamian culture. The Hittites had discovered how to melt iron that was able to make them weapons and tools for their army. The way that the Hittites did their government was different than how Mesopotamia had done it, the kings didn’t even claim to be chosen representatives and had little power, it was all decided by a council of nobles. The Hittites civilization had come to an end in 1200 B.C.E. due to attacks and the war. The reason is because they got in to a heated argument with the Egyptian empire when they had tried to expand. Unlike the Hittites, the Assyrians spoke in a language closely related to Babylonian. Assyrian culture was heavily influenced by
Babylonia also unlike with the Hittites. The Assyrians beginning of their civilization, was known for their center for trade, but it had changed into political power during the fourteenth century. The first Assyrian empire that was created had soon came to an end when the Near Eastern states of the second millennium collapsed. After the first empire ended, soon came a new empire came to be which was called The Second Assyrian Empire. Unlike Hittites and the first Assyrian Empire, the Second Assyrian Empire had control over of all of Mesopotamia, southern of Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. This empire had a well listened army and had a society that valued military skills unlike the two. The Assyrians had gone and organized their empire in different parts like with governors, military garrisons, communications, and intelligence to help with the large land through the empire. They also set agricultural colonies to store up supplies for the military, when they had to go over the borders.
The people of the Assyrians weren’t treated right unlike with Hittites and the first Assyrian Empire, they had to be force to move from their homes and resettle in other areas in the Empire that they choose to send them.
Soon it became too big to handle all of the Second Assyrian Empire, so then the Meds and Babylonians attacked the Empire and they never recovered. Now with the last empire we plan on talking about was the Neo-Babylonians, their way of governing was they didn’t usually conquest but because of Nebuchadnezzar made it in one of the greatest cities. Babylon became a center of world trade that linked many countries like Egypt, India, Iran, and Syria-Palestine by land and sea. This empire ended quicker unlike the others because it was kept being pass down to random men in rapid succession. The last king made his people honor the Moon-god above all the other gods. He also let dishonorable people to use huge areas of temple land for profit. The people of Babylonia had actually welcomed the Persian conquest that took over the Neo-Babylonian
Empire.