1. Ancient Cultures Section 2

2. Riddles of the Day What gets wet when drying? Why didn’t the orange make it across the road

3. Israel Believe in One God – Yahweh- Captive in Egypt, later Babylonia Famous Leaders –Abraham, Moses, David, and Solomon Known as Jews today, live in modern Israel

4. Exodus The Israelites were defeated and made slaves by Egypt. Yahweh sent 10 plagues to free his people: Moses then led them across the Red Sea to safety

5. Babylon Known as the Babylonians: 1894 BC – 529 Ruled over modern Iraq Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar were famous kings (We already learned about Hammurabi)

6. Nebuchadnezzar Found in the Bible in the book of Daniel – Daniel interprets dreams for him and is his advisor – Read the passage silently

7. Babylon Their capital was Babylon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW9X3P0lb Zk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW9X3P0lb Zk

8. Persia* Empire from 550 – 330 BC Founded by Cyrus the Great Defeated by Alexander the Great of Greece http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFXfMfE43jI

9. Persia* A vast and wealthy empire It ruled more of the world than any kingdom before them Persepolis was the capital Today it is the country of Iraq

10. All things Persian* Persians gave us plenty of firsts: – Spinach – Tame chicken – Postal system – Tax system – Wine – Windmill – Stapler – Ice Cream – Backgammon – Cookies

11. Persian DOminance Read the article on King XerxesI

12. First Exam Exam on all material since the beginning of school Friday September, 13th We will be studying tomorrow with a study guide

13. Economics Has to deal with money Trade, currency, money policy, economy When you hear anything about money policy in a nation, it has to deal with economics

14. Social Social has to deal with people Examples of social issues are rights, gender, race Nations deal with social issues all the time

15. Political Political issues deal with politics Examples are politics, voting, parties, legislation

16. Graphic organizer Create a Venn diagram on: Political, Social, and economic issues – Compare contrast/3 examples for each

17. Sources Primary: Source written by a person who has a first hand account of a happening Secondary: Person who rights about a happening after the fact Lets take some examples:

18. Sources A newspaper in 1884 writes about a Gold Rush happening that day You write a book about Hammurabi You read a letter of a WWII soldier about his experience in DDay