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Iraq history 1500BCE
Powerful states such as Babylon and the Mitanni now rule Mesopotamia
Iran history 1500BCE
Iran is home to farmers and nomads
Syria history 1500BCE
Syria and Canaan are lands of small city-states and migrant nomads
Turkey history 1500BCE
The Hittite empire in Asia Minor is one of the leading powers of the age
Greece and the Balkans history 1500BCE
The first literate civilizations in European history flourish - the Minoan on Crete and the Mycenaean in Greece
North East Africa history 1500BCE
The influence of Egypt is beginning to be felt