Transcript Chapter 2

Chapter 3
Section 1
World History
Mrs. Deborah Thompson
The Israelites
believed in one God
who set down moral
laws for His people.
They recorded their
history in the Bible.
- By 1200 B.C. great changes had
taken place in the area around
Mediterranean Sea because some
empires had fallen and new people
entered into the region.
- A people called the Israelites built
a kingdom in Canaan along the
Mediterranean Sea in southwest
Asia.
Today Lebanon,
Israel, and Jordan
occupy the land
that was once
Canaan.
The Israelite faith became the
religion known today as Judaism
The Israelite population was small and the
religion they practiced focused on only one
God.
Worship of only one god is called
monotheism.
JUDAISM
Influenced Christianity
And Islam
Israelites spoke
A language
Called Hebrew. and are
Called Jews today
Helped shape the beliefs
and practices of societies in
Europe and America through
their writings
They wrote
much of their
history and
religious
beliefs in the
Hebrew Bible.
According to the Hebrew Bible:
God told Abraham
and his followers to
leave Mesopotamia
and live in Canaan.
Abraham had a son named Isaa
He offered Isaac as a
In return for worshipping
sacrifice to prove his love
the one true God, God
of god. Isaac had a son
promised that the
named Jacob which was
land of Canaan
also called Israel which
Jacob’s
would belong to
means“one who
Abraham and his descendantsstruggles with God.”
descendants. became known His otherson was
as Israelites
named Essau
Earliest
Israelites
The earliest Israelites
were herders
and traders
from Mesopotamia.
The Israelites believed
they were descended
from a man
named Abraham.
Abraham’s Journeys
Abraham’s Geneaology
HAGAR
ABRAHAM
Ishmael
12 Arabian
Tribes
SARAH
Isaac
Jacob
12 Tribes of
Israel
Esau
According to the
Bible, Jacob raised
12 sons whose
descendants
divided into 12
groups and became
the 12 Tribes of
Israel.
Abraham’s Journey from Ur
Canaan  The “Promised Land”
Israelites lived there about 100 years until a long
drought began, and the crops and livestock died.
To survive, the Israelites went to
Egypt.
Land of Goshen, Egypt
Life in Egypt
was not good
for the
Israelites
because the
pharaoh
enslaved them
and made
them work on
his building
projects.
When the
Israelites
rebelled, the
pharaoh ordered
all baby boys
born to Israelites
to be thrown into
the Nile River.
The Bible says
that one mother
hid her baby on
a riverbank
where it was
found by
Pharaoh’s
daughter who
named him
Moses.
Moses
“Prince of Egypt”
“Shepherd of His
People”
pt
When Moses grew up he saw a burning bush
and heard a voice that he believed was God
e
telling him to lead the Israelites out of
Egypt to freedom.
Ramses II may have been the pharoah
during the exodus of the Israelites.
Because the
pharaoh would
not let the
Israelites leave,
God sent 10
plagues to
trouble Egypt.
Plague is a
disease but
can also mean
something that
causes problems
for a lot
of people.
Jews today celebrate a holiday
called Passover to remember how God
“passed over” their homes with
the tenth plague and then
delivered
them from
Egypt.
According to the Bible, after the
Jews headed east out of Egypt the
pharaoh tried to stop them with his
armies.
The Israelites
escaped when
God parted the
Red Sea for
them and then
allowed it to
flow back to
drown the
pharaoh’s army.
The Exodus
This escape from
Egypt is known as
the Exodus.
Moses and the 10
Commandments
Israelites had to travel
through the Sinai
Desert, and some began
to lose their faith in
reaching the promised
land.
The Bible says that
Moses went to the top of
Mt. Sinai and received
the laws from God which
became the foundation
for the Torah.
Yahweh’s “Covenant” With His
People
The Torah
 The first 5 books
of the Hebrew
Bible.
 The most sacred text in the
Jewish religious tradition.
Promoted the
Belief in only
One God which
Became the foundation
of Judaism,
Christianity,
and Islam.
Ten
Commandments
Helped shape
the basic
moral laws of
many nations.
Helped develop a
belief in the “rule
of law” or the idea
that laws should
apply to everyone
equally.
How did the Ten Commandments
shape the moral law of many
nations?
Told people not to
steal, murder,
or tell lies about others.
Told people to avoid
jealousy and
honor their
parents.
The Torah
Became the
1st part of
the Hebrew
Bible
Described a
covenant or
agreement with
God to return
the Israelites
to Canaan if
they followed
his laws
Explained
what God
considered
to be right
and wrong
Contained
The Ten
Commandments
Mount Sinai
The Promised Land
The Israelites had
to fight the
Canaanites to
return to their
promised land.
SEQUENCING INFORMATION:
THE ISRAELITES MAKE IT TO CANAAN
It took the Isralites
about 40 years
to reach Canaan
Moses died before
they got to the
promised land then
Joshua took over
SEQUENCING INFORMATION:
THE ISRAELITES MAKE IT TO
CANAAN
Upon reaching Canaan,
Joshua led the Israelites
in the Battle of
Jericho to reclaim
the promised land
from the Canaanites.
The biblical story
claims that Israelites
marched around
Jericho for 6 days
playing trumpets.
SEQUENCING INFORMATION:
THE ISRAELITES MAKE IT TO CANAAN
On the 7th day they
raised a great shout to make
the walls of the city crumble.
After Joshua,
sraelites were led
by judges.
Fighting
Judges
Bible contains
stories
about some judges
such as:
Under Deborah, the
Israelites fought to gain
control central Canaan
and built walled towns
to protect themselves.
Gideon
Samuel
Eli
Samson
Barak
and
Deborah
The Canaanites moved to the flat coastal areas.
One group were the Phoenicians who lived in
cities along the Mediterranean Sea and were
skilled sailors and traders.
Phoenician Sea Routes
A Phoenician Bireme Ship
Phoenician ships carried goods to
Greece, Spain, and Western
Africa.
Phoenicians spread
ideas such as their
alphabet which made
writing simpler.
Phoenician City of
Byblos:
“Home of the
Alphabet”
The Phoenician alphabet was spread to Greeks
and Romans and is the basis for most western
alphabets in the world today.
Carthage: Phoenicia’s
Mightiest Colony