| A | B |
| Aramaeans | settled in central Syria around 1200 B.C. |
| Phoenicians | Migrated from the Arabian Peninsula around 3000 B.C. |
| Lydians | Lived in Asia Minor |
| Israelites | People that lived in Canaan and started the idea of Monotheism. |
| Canaan | was in exception of the polytheistic cultures. |
| Jerusalem | Capital that King David set up. |
| Syria | Aramaeans settled here around 1200 B.C. |
| Tyre | This city-state was one of the largest city-states. |
| Damascus | The place at which Aramaeans kings established a capital. |
| Babylon | Hittites conquered this city around 1595 B.C. |