550–525 до н. э.: иранцы (персы) при Кире завоевали большую часть Месопотамии, Анатолии, Ханаана, Северного Египта и Северо-Западной Греции.
Примерно к 330 году до н. э. греки (под предводительством Александра Македонского) завоевали большую часть территорий, которые находились под контролем персов.
Библиография
Библиография
Akurgal, Ekrem. Art of the Hittites. London, Thames and Hudson, 1962.
Art of the Hittites
Albright, William. Recent Discoveries in Bible Lands. New York, Funk and Wagnalls, 1936.
Recent Discoveries in Bible Lands
Albright, W. F. The Bible and the Ancient Near East, ed. by G. E. Wright. New York, Doubleday, 1961.
The Bible and the Ancient Near East
____ From Stone Age to Christianity. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1941.
From Stone Age to Christianity
____ Archaeology and the Religion of Israel. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1942.
Archaeology and the Religion of Israel
____ “The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental Research, vol. 110, April 1948, 6–22.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental Research
____ The Archaeology of Palestine. Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1949.
The Archaeology of Palestine
____ Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan. London, Athlone Press, 1968.
Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan