Transcript Ancient Civilization

Unit II -Ancient Civilization
-The Middle East Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent
Copyright 2006; C. Pettinato, RCS High School, All Rights Reserved
1. Mesopotamia - Video
2. The Following Civilizations are
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Sumer – (3-5)
Akkad – (6-7)
Babylon - 1st – (7)
Hittites – (8)
Assyria – (9-10)
Babylon - 2nd – (11-12)
Persia – (13-14)
Phoenicia – (15-16)
Hebrews – (17-18)
3. Sumer
4. Important Facts to Remember
• A. 1. Location-mouth of
Tigres and Euphrates
• E. Economic Life
• F. Government
• B. Dates; 3500 – 2000BC
• G. Social Class Structure
• C. Farming – Flood
control, irrigation
• H. Religion
• D. Cities
• I. Cuneiform
• J. The Epic of Gilgamesh
5. Video
6. Architectural Achievements
7. Akkad
• Click to open Encyclopaedia of the
Orient on its front page
Akkad
8. Important Akkadian Facts to
Remember
• 1. 2300BC
• 2. Location
• 3. Sargon
• 4.Type of government
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9. 1st Babylonian Empire
• A. 1790BC
• B. Hammurabi
• C. Codification of Laws
• D. Other Accomplishments
10. The Hittites
• A. Origin
• B. 1400BC
• C. Advantages
• D. What information
leaked out?
11. Video
12. Assyria
13. Important Facts to Remember
• A. Inheritance
• B. 1100BC
• C. Nineveh
• D. Assurbanipal
• E. Fate
14. Babylon Revisited – 2nd
Babylonian Empire
• A. 612BC
• B. Nebuchadnezzar
• C. Accomplishments
15. 2nd Babylon: Look at me now!
16. The Persian Empire
• A. Cyrus the Great
• B. 539BC
• C. Tolerance
• D. Darius (522 – 486BC)
• E. Accomplishments
17. The Largest Empire to Date
18. The Phoenicians
• A. 800-600BC
• B. Locations
• C. Accomplishments:
19. Byblios
20. The Hebrews
• A. ABRAHAM - 2000BC
• B. EGYPTIAN CAPTIVITY - 1800BC
• C. KING DAVID -1000BC – CONSOLIDATION OF
POWER AND TERRITORY
• D. KING SOLOMON – THE BEGINNING OF THE END
• E. ASSYRIAN INVASION – KING ASSURBANIPAL 722BC
• F. BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY – KING
NEBUCHADNEZZAR -586BC
• G. PERSIAN, GREEK, ROMAN CONTROL
• H. 1ST DIASPORA – 66-70AD, 2ND DIASPORA – 135AD
21. Hebrews - Religion
• A. monotheism
• B. covenant w/God
• C. 10
Commandments
• D. the Torah
• E. prophets
• F. the Old Testament
• Ethics – JudeoChristian traditions
22. Important Terms and People
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1. Epic of Gilgamesh
2. City state
3. fertile crescent
4. cuneiform
5. ziggurat
6. class hierarchy
7. scribes
8. Sargon-1st empire
9. Hammurabi’s Code
10. Hittites – ironworking
11. Assurbanipal
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12. Nebuchadnezzar
13. Persian Empire tolerance
14. satraps
15. coin v. barter
16. Zoroaster
17. Phoenician alphabet
18. monotheistic
19. Abraham, Moses, David,
Solomon
• 20. covenant
• 21. prophets
• 22. diaspora