<Table> <Tr> <Th> The ancient Near East </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Regions and states </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia </P> <Ul> <Li> Akkadian Empire </Li> <Li> Assyria </Li> <Li> Babylonia </Li> <Li> Neo-Assyrian Empire </Li> <Li> Neo-Babylonian Empire </Li> <Li> Sumer </Li> </Ul> <P> Egypt </P> <Ul> <Li> Ancient Egypt </Li> </Ul> <P> Persia </P> <Ul> <Li> Achaemenid Empire </Li> <Li> Elam </Li> <Li> Medes </Li> </Ul> <P> Anatolia </P> <Ul> <Li> Hittites </Li> <Li> Hurrians </Li> <Li> Neo-Hittite states </Li> <Li> Urartu </Li> </Ul> <P> The Levant </P> <Ul> <Li> Ancient Israel </Li> <Li> Phoenicia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Archaeological periods </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Chronology </Li> <Li> Bronze Age </Li> <Li> Bronze Age collapse </Li> <Li> Iron Age </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Languages </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Akkadian </Li> <Li> Aramaic </Li> <Li> Assyriology </Li> <Li> Cuneiform script </Li> <Li> Elamite </Li> <Li> Hebrew </Li> <Li> Hittite </Li> <Li> Hurrian </Li> <Li> Phoenician </Li> <Li> Sumerian </Li> <Li> Urartian </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Literature </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Babylonian </Li> <Li> Hittite texts </Li> <Li> Sumerian </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mythology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Babylonian </Li> <Li> Hittite </Li> <Li> Mesopotamian </Li> <Li> Egyptian </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Other topics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Cradle of civilization </Li> <Li> Assyrian law </Li> <Li> Babylonian astronomy </Li> <Li> Babylonian law </Li> <Li> Babylonian mathematics </Li> <Li> Cuneiform law </Li> <Li> History of the Middle East </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> The ancient Near East </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Regions and states </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia </P> <Ul> <Li> Akkadian Empire </Li> <Li> Assyria </Li> <Li> Babylonia </Li> <Li> Neo-Assyrian Empire </Li> <Li> Neo-Babylonian Empire </Li> <Li> Sumer </Li> </Ul> <P> Egypt </P> <Ul> <Li> Ancient Egypt </Li> </Ul> <P> Persia </P> <Ul> <Li> Achaemenid Empire </Li> <Li> Elam </Li> <Li> Medes </Li> </Ul> <P> Anatolia </P> <Ul> <Li> Hittites </Li> <Li> Hurrians </Li> <Li> Neo-Hittite states </Li> <Li> Urartu </Li> </Ul> <P> The Levant </P> <Ul> <Li> Ancient Israel </Li> <Li> Phoenicia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr>

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