<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> <P> Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia </P>

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