Transcript New Civilizations

New Civilizations
Chapters 2 and 3
Eastern & Western Hemispheres
The Mediterranean & Middle East Regions
Nubia
• Located: ________________________
• Grew out of Egypt’s desire for this
Nubian natural resource? ___________
• Nubian __________ was greatly
influenced and even molded by Egypt.
• Nubian queens gained great power, an
effect from this region?
______________.
• The capital city was ____________.
Map of
Nubia
Celtic Europe
• Celts originated from __________ Europe.
• Celts were depicted by the Romans and
Greeks as _______-like people.
• Celts built impressive _____ ______
or palaces for assembly.
• The Celts religious experts were known as
______________.
• Pushed to Western Europe due to the
expansion of the _________ Empire.
The Olmec & Chavin People
• Olmecs were ruled by
_______, who were
depicted by giant ______.
• Olmec ______ controlled
their spiritual world.
• The Chavin heavily relied
on ______ for their
economy.
• Domesticated _________
helped to transport goods
between regions.
• Both group’s
agriculture and
technology led to the
beginning of city
growth, which is
known as _________.
Cosmopolitan Middle East
• By 1500 B.C.E.
Mesopotamia was
split into a _________
zone to the South and
__________ to the
North.
• From 1700-1200
B.C.E. the ________
were a formidable
power. There strength
came from being the
first to utilize weapons
made of _______.
New Kingdom Egypt
• After removing _______ control over
Egypt, the era of the New Kingdom began.
• Egypt moved away from their traditional
__________ policy and started to extend
control over neighboring regions.
• Egypt’s aggressive policy rewarded them
with riches in the area of _________.
The Aegean World
• Minoans
• Located on the island of
_______.
• Traded all throughout the
_____________ Sea
region.
• Mycenaeans
• Quickly rose to power
from the _______ that
was set up by the
Minoans.
• Developed a syllabic
system of writing known
as _______ _.
• Homer’s epic poems
portray the Mycenaeans
in their victory over ____.
Assyrians
• Known as savage ___-like people.
• Powerful kings hailed the God ______ as
the center of governmental and religious
life.
• Had little __________ control which led to
many reconquests of territory.
• While an elite class grew very rich, the
Assyrians kept writings at the ________ of
__________ in _________.
Israel
• Israelites were first known as __________
pastoralists before settling in __________.
• Uniting together the Israelites made
_____________ their capital city.
• Urbanization and corruption ________ the
Israelite society.
• _________ and __________ conquests
led to a __________ amongst Israelites.
Phoenicia & The Mediterranean
• The Phoenicians
• The descendants of the
ancient inhabitants of
Syria, Lebanon, and
Israel.
• Deeply involved in _____.
They also invented the
first ___________ writing
system.
• Known as the ________
of _______________.
• Carthage
• Had a powerful _____,
which led to a ______
monopoly in the western
Mediterranean.
• Described as war-like and
different by Greeks and
Romans, elites would go
as far as to sacrifice
__________ in times of
crisis.