ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal

The ancient Near Eastern civilizations (ca. 3000- 300 BCE) were tyrannical, cruel, vicious, and acquisitive, yet they were also strategic, intelligent, and architectural masters, leaving strong legacies behind. Who were these people, and what factors shaped their civilizations' unique characteristics? Individuals' otherworldly convictions; the type of government; business exercises; battle as well as times of political flimsiness were five intelligent socio-political powers that decided the idea of societies in the antiquated Near East during the third and second centuries BCE, some more significantly than others. Finally, each civilization was shown by a beginning, a rise, and a conclusion.