Transcript ANCIENT AFRICA 3200BC

ANCIENT AFRICA
3200BC-500BC
5000yrs ago Farming civs grow along Nile River.
To control flooding built: dikes, reservoirs and
irrigation ditches.
3100BC King Menes (Scorpion King) unites
upper and lower Egypt into United Egypt.
OLD KINGDOM EGYPT
2575BC-2310
Pharaohs (God-Kings) organized strong central
Gov.
Theocracy-controls all aspects of pops life.
Time of Pyramids.
Strong rulers.
READING: THE WONDERS OF THE PYRAMIDS
Middle Kingdom
1938BC-1630BC
Time of trade
Time of War
Time of Contact with other civs.
New ideas, customs and tech spread from other
civs through cultural diffusion.
NEW KINGDOM
1539BC-1075BC
Powerful Pharaohs continued trade and warfare.
Hatshepsut and Ramses II established large
empires for Egypt that would reach to Euphrates
River.
READING FROM THE FINDING OF THE TOMB
Egypt Civ
Polytheistic-worship many gods
Burials and body preservation
Scribes wrote in Hieroglyphics
Class society: Pharaoh on top
Nobles
Merchants and artisans
Farmers
Slaves
Ancient Sumer
City-States-city and surrounding lands
In Fertile Crescent area called Mesopotamia
between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Used irrigation and dikes like Egyptians.
Center of City-state had ziggurat- pyramidtemples worship and Gov. centers
Hierarchy developed with rulers and ruling
families on top as well as priests and warriors.
Wrote in Cuneiform.
Scribes specialized: read, wrote and kept records
for Kingdom.
2300BC Sargon took city-states of Sumer built
first known empire.
Hammurabi
King of Babylon took power 1790BC and put
Mesopotamia under his control.
Used laws (Code of Hammurabi) to control
people. First known law code
Persians took control of region in 539BC
BROWN BOOK P37-44 Q:1-4
Hammurabi’s codes Reading
WARFARE AND TRADE IN
MESOPOTAMIA
Spread Iron working throughout Mediterranean.
Assyrians set up first library.
Phoenicians created alphabet
Persians improved trade with coin usage
ROOTS OF JUDAISM
Hebrews lived in Fertile Crescent area.
Developed monotheism-one god worship
Recorded laws in the Torah
Prophets- spiritual leaders pushed code of ethics:
personal morality, social justice, rich should protect
poor and weak
100BC established Kingdom of Israel
King Solomon built temple to God at Jerusalem
Warfare split kingdom into two parts and invading armies
took Hebrew Kingdoms
Became known as Jews during captivity under foreign
rulers
2000yrs ago forced to leave homeland-called the diaspora.
Kept traditions alive wherever they were taken.
Judaism strongly influenced other monotheistic faiths:
Christianity and Islam
Shared heritage is called the Judeo-Christian
tradition.
Writing in Hieroglyphics and
Cuneiform Activity
1. Which writing style seems harder and why?
2. Which writing style did you like better and
why?
READ FOR HW
P8-9