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They took over northern Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Syria, Canaan, and the Phoenician cities.

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Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Afghanistan
They were not countries then. The territory stretched from Libya-Egypt through the Middle East , to Central Asia and the Indus Valley.

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