1. Lesson 2a – Ancient History

2. Areas we’ll cover MesopotamiaMesopotamia EgyptEgypt PhoeniciaPhoenicia AssyriaAssyria HebrewsHebrews

4. The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”

5. Sumerians

6. Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Anthropomorphic Gods

7. Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing

8. Cuneiform Writing

9. Deciphering Cuneiform

10. Your Name

11. Sumerian Scribes “Tablet House”

12. Ziggurat at Ur  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”

13. The Babylonian Empires

14. Babylonian Numbers

15. On p. 36 there’s a Primary Source box on Hammurabi’s Code Answer #2 of the Skills question in this box.

17. A View of The Nile by Satellite

18. The Annual Flooding of the Nile

19. Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf

20. Ancient Egyptian History PeriodsTime Frame Nile Culture Begins3900 B. C. E. Archaic3100 – 2650 B. C. E. Old Kingdom2650 – 2134 B. C. E. Middle Kingdom2040 – 1640 B. C. E. New Kingdom1550 – 1070 B. C. E. Late Period750 – 332 B. C. E. Greek Ptolemaic Era 332 – 30 B. C. E. Roman Period30 B. C. E. – 395 C. E.

21. Making Ancient Egyptian Beer

22. Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. E. Tutankhamon 1336-1327 B. C. E.

23. Egyptian Math & Draftsmenship 110100100010,000100,0001,000,000 What number is this?

24. Hieroglyphic “Cartouche”

25. Champollion & the Rosetta Stone

26. Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols

27. Your Name

28. Egyptian Gods & Goddesses: “The Sacred ‘Trinity’” Osiris Isis Horus

29. Egyptian Mummies Seti I 1291-1278 B. C. E. Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep II 1210-1200 B. C. E. Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. E.

30. Egyptian Book of the Dead

31. The Final Judgement Anubis Horus Osiris

32. Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara

33. Giza Pyramid Complex

34. The Valley of the Kings

35. Ankhenaton: First Monotheist? 1352-1336 B. C. E.

36. Archaeologist, Howard Carter (1922)

37. Entrance to King “Tut’s” Tomb

38. King Tutankhamon’s Death Mask 1336-1327 B. C. E.

39. King Tutankhamon

40. The Valley of the Queens Temple of Queen Hatshepsut 1473-1458 B. C. E.

41. The Ankh – The “Cross” of Life

42. Abu Simbel: Monument to Ramses II 1279-1213 B. C. E.

43. On p. 65 there’s an Interpreting Skills box Hammurabi’s Code Answer Draw Conclusions question.

45. Phoenician Sea Routes

46. Phoenician Alphabet

47. Why would it be handy for Phoenicians To be experts at different languages?

49. The Assyrian Empire

50. Assyrian Military Power Assyrian soldiers carrying away the enemy’s gods.

51. Babylon under the Chaldeans

52. Ishtar Gate

53. What military images say about the Assyrians?

55. Abraham’s Journey from Ur Canaan  The “Promised Land”

56. Abraham’s Journeys

57. Moses “Prince of Egypt” “Shepherd of His People”

58. The Exodus

59. Route of the Exodus

60. King David’s Empire

61. Solomon’s Kingdom Solomon’s Kingdom

62. Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near East

63. Herod the Great’s Kingdom

64. On p. 46, read the last paragraph. What do the Ten Commandments say about Jewish society?

66. Roman Palestine

67. The Spread of Christianity

68. How was is that the Christians convinced others to become Christians?

70. The Jewish Diaspora

72. The Persian Empire

73. Cyrus the Great 580 – 529 B. C. E.  A A tolerant ruler  he allowed different cultures within his empire to keep their own institutions.  The Greeks called him a “Law-Giver.” he Jews called him “the anointed of the Lord.” (In 537, he allowed over 40,000 to return to Palestine).

74. Darius the Great (526 – 485 B. C. E.)  B Built Persepolis.  He extended the Persian Empire to the Indus River in northern India. (2 mil. s.q. mi.)  Built a canal in Egypt.

75. Persian “Royal Road”

76. Zarathustra [Zoroaster], 6c BCE : Good Thoughts, Good Deed, Good Words “Tree of Life”

77. Dualistic Battle of Good vs. Evil Ahura Mazda “Holy Spirit” Ahriman “Destructive Spirit”

78. On p. 54-55, read the paragraph that starts On p. 54 and finishes on 55. What does this system say about the Persians?

80. The Roman Empire Divided in 294

81. Constantine’s City-- Constantinopolis Year 335 AD

82. Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire

83. Constantinople: A Greek City (Istanbul Today)

84. Emperor Justinian [r. 527-564]

85. Justinian’s Empire at its Peak

86. Church of Hagia Sophia [Holy Wisdom]

87. Interior of the Church of Hagia Sophia

88. On p. 353. Look around the page, and then Describe the Hagia Sophia in 3 words.

90. Expansion of the Muslims 622-632 Under Muhammad 632-661 Under Patriarchal Caliphate 661-750 Under Umayyad Caliphate

92. The Golden Age of the Ottomans

93. The Ottoman Capital -- Constantinople

94. “Golden Horn” from space

95. “Golden Horn”

96. Sunset on the “Golden Horn”

97. Europeans vs. Turks CRUSADES 1095-1295 Series of wars Nine major and 12+ minor crusades Was a push back by Christians to retake land from Muslims

98. The Fall of Constantinople: 1453 (Muslims push back)

99. The End of the Byzantine Empire

100. Battle of Lepanto (1571) (Spanish Christians push back)

101. The Ottoman Empire During the 16 c

102. On p. 263 Expansion of Territory. How was it that the Muslims got areas To be Islam, as comparison to how the Christians did it?