Page 12 - Four Thousand Years Ago by Geoffrey Bibby

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6 The friend of god 1930-1860 b.c. 74

Abram, son of Terah ... a tribe on the move . . . desert war­
fare and tribal skirmishing . . . patriarch of Palestine . . . the
Amorite tribes

7 The sun temple 1860-1790 b.c. 89
The ancient Britons . . . the founding of Stonehenge . . . sea
communications and stone-ax trading . . . the beaker people
. . . trading posts

8 The lawgiver 1790-1720 b.c. 106
Hammurabi, King of Babylon . . . creating a nation . . . the
mountain warriors . . . expansion and conquest . . . the Code
of Hammurabi . . . Kassites invade Babylonia . . . uneasy
peace

9 The princes of the desert 1720-1650 b.c. 124
Lawless times in Egypt . . . Amorites and Hurrians . . . mer­
chants and mercenaries . . . the Hyksos conquest . . . the
palace at Knossos

10 The wide view (1) 139
“Historical necessity". . . principal “trends9*. . . spread of
the horse and the Indo-European-speaking people . . . begin­
ning of “spill-over*. . . tribal “history9*. . . “race**. . . rise of
the warrior aristocracy . . . worship of the sun

BOOK III: THE ARGOSIES

n The great king 1650-1580 b.c. 159

The Hittite kingdom . . . palace intrigues ... the maritime
power of Troy . . . victory in Aleppo . . . capture of Babylon
. . . the provinces revolt

12 The resistance movement 1580-1510 b.c. 175

The Hyksos king capitulates . . . the “children of Israel". . .
peace and prosperity in Egypt . . . trade with Crete . . . the
Aryans destroy Mohenjo-Daro . . . the Sudanese revolt

13 The amber route 1510-1440 b.c. 198
The Scandinavian sailors . . . the route to Knossos, Egypt,
Byblos . . . trade by land and sea . . . Egyptian campaigns in
Palestine and Syria . . . Mediterranean prosperity

14 The fall of the sea kings 1440-1370 b.c. 226
The Cretan bulls . . . the Achaeans occupy Knossos . . . the
merchant power broken . . . Minoan script