Transcript Chapt 2 sec. 3

Chapter 2 section 3
Do Now
• 1. What does the building of pyramids
tell us about the Egyptians?
• 2. What was the leader of Egypt called?
• 3. What was the name of the advisor to
the leader of Egypt?
• 4. What was the name of the Egyptian
writing system?
Hittite Empire
Hittites
• 1600 B.C. - 1200 B.C.
• First Indo-Europeans to use iron
(weapons)
Hittite Chariots & Warriors
Hittite Writing
A Balance of Power:
1200 B. C. E.
The Battle of Kadesh
Ramses II at Kadesh
Treaty of Kadesh
Phoenician Sea Routes
A Phoenician Bireme Ship
Phoenician City of Byblos:
“Home of the Alphabet”
Phoenician Alphabet
Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest
Colony
Phoenicians
• Sea traders
• Carthage (most famous colony)
• Known for its alphabet (symbols to
represent sounds)
• Eventually passed on to the Greeks
The Kingdom of Israel
(DNWTD)
• 1000 B.C. the Hebrews set up the
Kingdom of Israel
• David and Solomon (skillful rulers)
• David was a humble shepherd who defeated
Goliath
• Later David became a strong shrewd King who
united the Hebrew tribes into one nation
Cont.
• Solomon (David's Son) turned Jerusalem
into an impressive capital
• Won praise for his wisdom and
understanding
• Negotiated with Egypt and Mesopotamia
• Solomon's ambition backfired after his death
• his building projects required a lot of taxes, and also
required a lot of labor
• people revolted and split Israel in the North, and
Judah in the South
• Weakened by the division, the
Hebrews could not fight off invaders
• Israel fell to the Assyrians 722 B.C
• 586 B.C. Babylonian armies captured
Judah
What do you know about
Judaism???
At the Crossroads (DNWTD)
• Hebrews were one of the many people of the
Fertile Crescent
• Hebrews came to believe that God was taking a
hand in their history
• Recorded events and laws in the Torah,
their most sacred text
• Hebrews told of the Great Flood that devastated
their land
• Believed God had sent the flood to punish the
Nomadic People
(DNWTD)
• Hebrews lived near Ur in Mesopotamia
• 2000 B.C. they migrated herding flocks of sheep
and goats into a region known as Canaan (later
called Palestine)
• The book of Genesis tells that around 1800 B.C. a
famine in Canaan forced many Hebrews to
migrate to Egypt
• enslaved in Egypt
DNWTD
• In time, Moses led them to freedom out of
Egypt
• 40 years, the Hebrews wondered around
in the Sinai Peninsula
• After Moses died, the Hebrews entered
Canaan and defeated the people there
reclaiming land they thought God had
promised to them.
A Covenant with God
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Judaism is monotheistic (call god Yahweh)
Believe they were God's chosen people
Believe God made the Ten Commandments
Prophets emerged to interpret God's will
Preached that failure to follow God's will would lead
to disaster for The Hebrews.
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The Assyrian Empire
Assyrian Military Power
Assyrian soldiers
carrying away the
enemy’s gods.
Jewish Captives:
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BCE
Babylon under the Chaldeans
Nebuchadnezzar II’s Babylon
Ishtar
Gate
Hanging Gardens
of Babylon?
Israelites in Captivity
Alexander the Great & the
Hellenization of the Near East
The Great Library at Alexandria.
Egypt