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Welcome to Unit Two!!

Welcome to Unit Two!!. Turn in McD Ch. 4.1/4.2 and signed interims Get papers off the blue bookshelf. NO WARM-UP! Write down homework in your agenda. Agenda. Essential Questions Other Early Civilizations Notes Hebrew Cyber Hunt HW: Bring S.S. Fair Materials. Essential Questions.

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Welcome to Unit Two!!

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  1. Welcome to Unit Two!! • Turn in McD Ch. 4.1/4.2 and signed interims • Get papers off the blue bookshelf. • NO WARM-UP! • Write down homework in your agenda.

  2. Agenda • Essential Questions • Other Early Civilizations Notes • Hebrew Cyber Hunt • HW: Bring S.S. Fair Materials

  3. Essential Questions • How is Judaism different than other early religions? • What form of writing did the Phoenicians invent? • Which civilization guarded Egyptian values? • What are the Ten Commandments? • Why was Cyrus considered to be so great?

  4. Other Early Civilizations Hebrews, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Kush (Nubians), Persians

  5. 2000 B.C.E. Palestine, specifically Canaan left Egypt, led by Moses Hebrews

  6. Hebrews • Torah: tells us written history, is the first 5 books (chapters) of the Hebrew Bible • Judaism worships one god (monotheistic) • called god Yahweh • Ten Commandments: set of rules for social and religious behavior; their code of law • built great temple in Jerusalem

  7. Phoenicians • 1100 B.C.E. • coast of Mediterranean Sea • North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Lebenon

  8. Phoenicians • first to sail around Africa, by way of Red Sea and Strait of Gibraltar • invented purple dye, by smashing snails • writing system (alphabet) based on sounds, not ideas • first world traders

  9. Assyrians • 850 B.C.E. • Fertile Crescent • spread down through Palestine into Egypt

  10. Assyrians • advanced military planning and technical skill • great efficiency at organizing conquered territories into an empire • beautiful capital at Nineveh with a library of 25,000 clay tablets

  11. Kush (Nubians) • 700 B.C.E. • Egypt, on the Upper Nile River

  12. Kush (Nubians) • linked trade routes between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea • guardians of Egyptian values • major center for the manufacture of iron weapons and tools

  13. Persians • 612 B.C.E. • between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea

  14. Persians • Cyrus the Great • expanded empire over 2,000 miles • gentle ruler, had compassion for conquered peoples; adapted their customs • Royal Road and standard money help empire together

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