Transcript Assyria and Egypt More than Pyramids and Fish swallowing

Assyria and Egypt
More than Pyramids and Fish
swallowing preachers.
• These are the world’s first two Political Superpowers.
• While Egypt is the older of the 2, eventually the
Assyrian Empire would conquer Egypt by 700B.C.
3100 B.C. Menes unites
Upper and Lower Egypt.
• Before 3100 B.C. Egypt was divided into an upper
Kingdom and Lower Kingdom.
• After unification, the Nile river would be the main
avenue of transportation, life, and center of Egyptian
life for the next 3000 years.
History: Old, Middle, and New
Kingdoms
• All pyramids were built during the Old Kingdom
• One of Egypt’s Most well known rulers, Tutankhamen
was actually not a very great ruler. He lived during
the new Kingdom, 2500 years after the building of the
last pyramid.
• Complete in groups of two the chart on pg. 45,
comparing the three kingdoms or periods of Egyptian
History. Be prepared to discuss with me!
Religious/Political
• There was no word for Religion in Egypt. This was
because it was such a part of everyday life, that
Religion was not separate but totally intertwined with
everything.
• The political and religious institutions were one in the
same in Egypt. On the next slide, you will be asked
to discuss, analyze, and describe this combination of
Egyptian culture.
Assessment
• Describe Egyptian Polytheism, in particular, the role
of Re, Osirius, Isis, and Seth.
• What dual roles did the Pharaoh play regarding
Egyptian Government and Egyptian Religion?
• How are Dynasty’s different from a Democratic
General Election?
Mummification
• Explain the role of Mummification in Ancient Egypt
with regards to the afterlife…………..
• Explain the role of Bureaucracy in the administrative
role of Egyptian Government………….
• How were women’s role in Ancient Egypt different
and similar to Men.
Assyria
• The Assyrians were a very powerful people in what is
now modern day Iran, Eastern Turkey, and Syria. By
700 B.C. they had conquered most of the Middle
East(Mesopotamia) and Egypt.
• They spent more time building than ruling their
empire. It would be conquered by an even more
powerful group of people known as the Persians in
612 B.C.
• It was the capital city of Assyria, Ninevah, that God
sent the famous Jonah, who ended up spending 3
days in a fish belly!
Persia
• Unified from nomadic loosely associated tribes by
Cyrus who ruled from 559 B.C. until 530 B.C.
• The Persian empire would grow to be the largest
empire in the world up until that time.
Persian Religion
• Explain the theology of Zoroastrianism
• Compare and contrast the two monotheistic religions
of the ancient world: The religion of the
Hebrews(Judaism) and the religion of the Persians
(Zoroastrianism) in the Venn Diagram on the last
slide. Try to see the plot and similarities of both
theologies.
Persia:Government,
Expansion, and decline.
• How are Satrapies and Satraps similar to States and
Governors?
• Explain how an efficient system of communication
and an efficient system of roads is a key component
to maintaining a powerful and large
empire.STUDENTS: THIS CONCEPT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THIS WILL COME UP
LATER IN THE SEMESTER.
Persian final fall and Decline
• Persian Kings grew steadily weaker after the reign of
Darius.
• IMPORTANT CONCEPT! When Empires get too
ambitious or too big to rule, they tend to decline and
fall. Can you with a partner possibly explain why this
is so?
• Explain why it is a negative thing for Kings to have so
many children? Pg. 64
• What happened at Thermopylae?
Compare and
Contrast the
question from
slide 9.