Achievements of the cultures of the ancient peoples of Western Asia.

Phoenicians: they were the first to create the alphabet, learned how to build ships for long sea voyages, began to create colonies (for example, Carthage), the manufacture of purple paints and glass.

Lydia: The first coins were minted there around 685 BC.

Assyria: they were the first to widely use cavalry in war, massively make weapons from iron, siege weapons, created the first empire in the size of the entire Middle East, as well as the unique library of Ashurbanipal.

Babylon: construction of ziggurats, walls, cuneiform writing, advanced legislation for the Ancient World (laws of Hammurabi).