1. N EW C ENTERS OF C IVILIZATION

2. P ASTORAL NOMAD Overran settled communities and then created their own empires.. Domesticated animals for food and clothing.

3. I NDO -E UROPEANS Were one of the most important nomadic peoples. Originally based somewhere in region north of black sea or in southwest Asia.

4. H ITTITES Created an empire in western Asia and threatened the power of Egyptians. First Indo-Europeans to use iron.

5. P HOENICIANS Lived in the area of Palestine along the Mediterranean coast on a narrow band of land 120 miles long.

6. I SRAELITES A group of Semitic-speaking people known as the Israelites.

7. J ERUSALEM Capital of Israel.

8. K ING S OLOMON Expanded the government and army and encouraged trade. He is best known for building a temple in Jerusalem.

9. M ONOTHEISTIC The Jews are monotheistic, believing in one god.

10. C OVENANT A contract.

11. P ROPHETS Religious teachers to serve as God’s voice to the people.