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Early Civilizations Phoenicians, Hittites, and
Hebrews day 1

• Warm-up Questions
• Notes Phoenicians and Hittites
• Chart/ Map/Vocabulary through chariots
• Reading/ Questions
• Hebrew notes
• Vocab through Diaspora
• Differentiation Choose between reading
  worksheets or foldable (today Hebrews)
• Objective SWBAT describe characteristics of the
  Phoenicians, Hittites, and Hebrews on a reading
  worksheet or foldable.

What could happen if you leave alphabet soup on
the stove and go out?
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Warmup Questions, Day 1

• 1. Indus Valley or Fertile Crescent ?
• The area shaded in red on the map was known as
  the ______________.
• 2. Jericho or Stonehenge? was a Neolithic
  settlement located in the area depicted on the
  map.
• 3. Anatolia or Media? Catal Hoyuk was a Neolithic
  settlement located in
• 4. Iraq or Pakistan The modern-day country
  located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  is _____________?
• 5. monotheistic or polytheistic? Most early
  civilizations practiced this type of religion
  _________________.

Fertile Crescent
Jericho
Anatolia
Iraq
polytheistic
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Early Civilizations Persian Empire and Nubia
day 2

• Warm-up Questions
• Hebrews quiz
• Notes on Persian Empire
• Persia paragraph
• Nubia notes
• Finish Vocab
• Persian Empire and Nubia reading worksheets or
  foldable
• Objective SWBAT describe characteristics of the
  Persian Empire and Nubia on a reading worksheet
  or foldable.

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Warm-up Questions, Day 2

• Which civilization were sea traders who set up
  colonies and invented the alphabet?
• The Hittites had superior tools and weapons
  because they were made of ___
• Abraham or Jesus The monotheism of this prophet
  became the basis for not only Judaism, but also
  Christianity and Islam.
• Hittites or Hebrews The descendants of Abraham
  became known as the
• What set of laws did Moses deliver after he led
  the Hebrews out of Egypt?
• Torah or Quran Which is the holy book or sacred
  writings of Judaism
• Jericho or Jerusalem King David established
  this city as capital of Israel. It has religious
  significance for Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
  

Phoenicians
Iron
Abraham
Hebrews
Ten Commandments
Torah
Jerusalem
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Prehistory to First Civilizations Unit Review
day 3

• Warm-up Questions
• Timeline Notes
• Unit Review
• Finish packet
• Objective SWBAT describe characteristics of the
  Paleolithic Era, the Neolithic Era and Early
  Civilizations on a Test Review

Question
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Warm-up Questions, Day 3

• Judaism or Zoroastrianism What was the religion
  of the Persian empire?
• tolerance or cruelty The Persian treated those
  they conquered with___
• Royal Road or Silk Roads What did the Persians
  build to improve communication across the empire.
• Imperial bureaucracy or city-states What type of
  government did the Persians have?
• Israel or Egypt Which civilization had the
  greatest influence on Nubia?
• Upper Nile or Lower Nile Where was Nubia
  located?
• Sudan or Iran Persia is located in present-day
  _____.

Zoroastrianism
tolerance
Royal Road
Imperial bureaucracy
Egypt
Upper Nile
Iran
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Prehistory to First Civilizations TEST/Intro
India Day 4

• Warm-up Questions
• Test
• India Reading Wksheet
• Begin Notes
• Objective SWBAT describe characteristics of the
  Paleolithic Era, the Neolithic Era, and Early
  Civilizations on a Test

How did the students react when the electricity
went out during a test?
Question
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Warm-up Questions (8 questions), Day 4
Mesopotamia (Sumer)
Anatolia
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3
Tigris R
Euphrates R
Ur
Label the maps Word bank Egypt
Mesopotamia Anatolia Neolithic Settlements in
the Fertile Crescent
Aleppo
Jericho
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Egypt
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Neolithic settlements in the Fertile Crescent
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Warm-up Questions, Day 4
China
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Hebrews (Israel)
India Indus Valley
Jerusalem
India Indus Valley Persian Empire Hebrews
(Israel) China
Persian Empire
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Early Civilizations (2000 BCE 500 BCE)

• Phoenicians, Hebrews, Persian Empire, and Kush

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PHOENICIANS

• Great seafaring traders who founded wealthy
  city-states in the Fertile Crescent along the
  Mediterranean coast (present-day Lebanon).

Phoenicia
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• set up colonies (lands controlled by a distant
  nation)
• Carthage became the most powerful colony

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Phoenician Accomplishments

• First Alphabet (phonetic symbols stand for
  sounds)
• 22 letter alphabet (vs. 550 cuneiform characters)
• Basis of modern alphabets

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• Great shipbuilders and seafarers
• Spread civilization and the alphabet through
  trade.
• Use of coins as well as the alphabet made trade
  much easier.

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The Phoenecians
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HITTITES

• Settled in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey)
• Learned how to smelt iron from ore.

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• Iron was stronger, sharper, and less expensive
  than other metals.
• Iron weapons and chariots helped forge the
  Hittite Empire.

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HEBREWS

• Abraham settled in the Fertile Crescent between
  the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordon River
  (present-day Israel)
• His descendents became known as Hebrews.

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• Abraham and the Hebrews were the first
  monotheists
• Monotheism belief in one god

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• Abrahams monotheism became the foundation of
  Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Moses

• Led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt to the
  promised land(Israel)
• Delivered the Ten Commandments

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Beliefs of Judaism
The Religion of the Hebrews (Jews)

• One God
• Torah
• Ten Commandments

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The Ten Commandments

• State both religious and moral conduct in that
  they require that believers both worship God and
  live justly with one another

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The Torah

• Holy book of Judaism contains the records and
  beliefs of the Jews
• The first five books of the Old Testament of the
  Bible

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The Torah
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David and Goliath (or how David became king of
the Hebrews)
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Jerusalem
Holy City of the Jews

• King David united the tribes of Israel and
  established Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
• Today Jerusalem is a holy city to Muslims and
  Christians as well as Jews.

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Western Wall

• In 70 AD the Romans destroyed the ancient Temple
  of Jerusalem.
• The West Wall of the Temple Mount is all that
  remains today.
• Jews consider this wall their most sacred shrine
  (holy site).
• They come from all over the world to pray at this
  shrine.

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• The site of the original temple is now occupied
  by a Muslim Mosque (Dome of the Rock).
• Ownership of these and other holy sites has been
  a source of bickering between Muslims and Jews
  for centuries.

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Jerusalem and the Wailing Wall
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Exile

• Jews were driven from their homeland by the
  Romans in AD 132. The state of Israel ceased to
  exist for 1800 years.

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Diaspora

• Scattering of the Jews

• Jews migrated all around the Mediterranean Sea

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PERSIAN EMPIRE

• The largest empire in the world
• It stretched from The Nile to the Indus River
• Persia Present-day Iran

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How did Persia govern its Empire?
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Persian Rulers

• Treated conquered people with tolerance
• Developed an imperial bureaucracy
• Built an extensive road system
• Zoroastrianism (religion)

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Tolerance

• Persian rulers allowed the people they conquered
  to practice their own religions and follow their
  own customs.

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Bureaucracy

• A system of managing government through
  departments run by appointed officials
• Darius divided his empire into provinces each run
  by a governor (satrap)

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Persian Road System

• Great Royal Road
• United the empire (provided a means of
  communication, trade, and governmental control).

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Zoroastrianism

• Early monotheistic religion founded by Zoroaster
• Belief in two opposing forces good and evil,
  light and darkness, heaven and hell.

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Ahura Mazda God of truth and light
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KUSH

• Also called Nubia

• Located on the upper (southern) Nile
• Present-day Sudan

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Kush and Egypt

• Ideas and goods flowed along the Nile between
  Kush and Egypt

(Lower Nile)
Kush
(Upper Nile)
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• Egypt dominated Kush
• for 1000 years

Gifts for the King from a country called Nubia
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• Kush conquered Egypt and established its own
  dynasty on the Egyptian throne

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• Kush was eventually conquered by the East African
  Kingdom of Axum

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Contributions of Kush

• Meroitic script (writing)

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• Steep sided pyramids and palaces

                     
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• Gold, copper, and iron working.

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Kush
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Golden Age of Meroe

• After the Assyrians conquered Egypt, Kush
  continued to prosper in the booming trade between
  Africa, Arabia and India

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Nubian Queen

• Nubian Queen

Ahmes Nefertari
Ahmes Nefertari
of Egypt around 1550 B.C
of Egypt around 1550 B.C