1. Out of Africa? Ethiopia is where Johansen found skeletal remains.
Louis & Mary found tools, evidence, and a skull in Lake Victoria Africa on the Equator.

2. Peopling the Earth Map depicting the way early modern humans (Homo sapiens) are thought to have spread across the globe. It also shows the geographical spread of Homo erectus and the Neanderthals. The dates are approximations (and not 100% guaranteed).

3. Into the Americas
Land Bridge, Island Hopping, or a combination?

4. Ancient River Valley Civilizations

5. Four River Valley Civilization in the Eastern Hemisphere

6. Ancient River Valley Civilizations

7. Geography
This civilization rose in the valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers a rich alluvial plain.
Many believe this Fertile Crescent was the real Garden of Eden.

8. In what modern day country was the Fertile Crescent?

9. Cities of Samaria Main Cities of Mesopotamia Ur Babylon Eridu Niniveh
Akkad

10. The 1st Civilized City-state of Sumer

11. Judaism originated in the Middle East around 1000 BCE after the exile of Abraham for serving the single of Yahweh whom he choose from the Babylonian Pantheon of many gods.
Judaism was one of the first monotheistic religions.

12. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, plundered Jerusalem and its Temple in the First Diaspora

13. Jews were discriminated against in the Roman Empire and eventually kicked out of their homeland, Israel, in what is known as the Second Diaspora.

15. Jewish Migrations between World War I and World War II
Map of Jewish immigration, circa Courtesy of

16. The Nile River

17. Three Kingdoms of Egypt

19. What modern day countries make up the Indus Valley Civilization?

20. Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE
Caucus Mountains
The Middle East Separated by Caucus Mountains: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”

24. China’s First Civilization and Empires

26. Yangtze River
Yellow River