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3,000 BC 200 BC

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC

FEATURES OF MESOPOTAMIA AND THE SURROUNDING MIDDLE EAST 2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES OF MESOPOTAMIA’S GEOGRAPHY TO ITS ANCIENT CULTURE

3. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE

CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, PHOENICIAN, AND JUDAIC CULTURES MADE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

4. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE SIMILARITIES AND

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA’S CULTURE AND OTHER ANCIENT CULTURES

GEOGRAPHY : KNOWN AS THE “ FERTILE CRESCENT ” AND THE “ CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION ” 1. 2. ********************************************************************************* SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE FERTILE CRESCENT 1. THE REGION WHERE _________________________ WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IS CALLED THE _____________________ _________________________

SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WORLD HISTORY

STUDY GUIDE # 6 : ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA , PHOENICIA , AND JUDAISM

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2. FARMERS MOVED INTO THE FERTILE LAND OF THE ________________ AND ______________________________ RIVERS 3. FARMERS WERE ABLE TO _____________________ THEIR FIELDS WITH RIVER WATER AND _________________ THEM 4. BETTER FARMING MADE FOOD PRODUCTION MORE CERTAIN AND THE POPULATION _________________________ 5. THE STAGE WAS SET FOR A MAJOR CHANGE IN CIVILIZATION BRINGING ON : 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF _________________________ 2. THE GROWTH OF __________________________ 3. THE EXTENSION OF __________________ ROUTES ********************************************************************************* GOVERNMENTS : SUMERIAN > 4000 BC : 1. 2. 3. ********************************************************************************* SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > ANCIENT SUMER 1. WHAT COUNTRY TODAY MAKES UP MOST OF MESOPOTAMIA ? 2. WHAT ACTIVITY WAS THE BASIS OF SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION ? 3. THE SUMERIANS TURNED THE DESERT INTO A FERTILE ________________ 4. SUMER WAS DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL _________________ ________________ 5. ABOUT ________________ PEOPLE WERE ESTIMATED TO LIVE IN A SUMERIAN __________________ ____________________ 6. THE ____________________ WAS THE CENTER OF SUMERIAN CITY LIFE 7. THE ____________________ WAS ONE OF THE SUMERIAN’S GREATEST

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WESTERN WORLD 8. THE SUMERIANS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO USE A ____________________ WHEEL 9. THE SUMERIANS ALSO DEVELOPED THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ____________ WHICH WAS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO ARCHITECTURE 10. WRITING WAS FIRST USED TO KEEP TRACK OF _____________________ IN THE TEMPLES 11. WHAT ANIMAL HELPED THE ASSYRIANS CONQUER OTHER EMPIRES ? 12. ONE THEORY AS TO WHY MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATIONS FADED WAS THAT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS RUINED THE LAND

BY BRINGING IN TOO MUCH ______________ ********************************************************************************* BABYLONIANS > 1,800 BC : 1. “ HAMMURABI’S CODE ” - ********************************************************************************* SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > HAMMURABI’S CODE 1. _____________ IS ONE OF SOCIETY’S MOST BASIC

INSTITUTIONS AND ONE OF ITS MOST NECESSARY 2. ONE OF THE EARLIEST ATTEMPTS TO INSTITUTIONALIZE LAWS

OCCURRED IN ANCIENT __________________________ 3. HAMMURABI’S WRITTEN CODE ALLOWED LAW TO BE A MATTER OF ________________________ ________________________ 4. HAMMURABI’S LAWS LAID OUT SPECIFIC RULES FOR TRADE , MARRIAGE THEFT , AND MURDER . IT ALSO SET SPECIFIC ________________________ FOR SPECIFIC CRIMES

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5. WHAT LATER EUROPEAN LEADER , LIKE HAMMURABI ,

CODIFIED LAWS ACROSS THE LANDS HE RULED ? ********************************************************************************* 2. 3. 4.

√ ASSYRIANS / HITTITES > 1,400 BC - INVADERS FROM TURKEY AND SYRIA : 1. 2. 3. PHOENICIANS > 700 BC - THE FIRST TO CONNECT CIVILIZATIONS ON DIFFERENT CONTINENTS : 1. 2. 3. 4. ********************************************************************************* SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE PHOENICIANS 1. THE ECONOMY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD DEPENDED ON ______________________ 2. THE CITY OF ______________________ IN NORTH AFRICA BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL OF THE PHOENICIAN EMPIRE 3. THE GREATEST PHOENICIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE WESTERN WORLD WAS THE TRANSLATION AND CREATION OF OUR ______________________ *********************************************************************************

NEBUCHADNEZZAR

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PERSIAN > 522 BC : 1. 2. - “ SATRAPS ” 3. 4 “ MONOTHEISTIC ” - 5. “ BARTER ” - ********************************************************************************* SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > CYRUS THE GREAT 1. CYRUS WAS FROM THE NORTHERN SECTION OF WHAT IS TODAY THE COUNTRY OF _____________ 2. AFTER CAPTURING BABYLON CYRUS TAKES A NEW APPROACH TO RULING AND STOPS : 1. _______________________ CITIES 2. _______________________ MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CITIZENS 3. DEFACING ( DESTROYING ) RELIGIOUS ________________ 3. CYRUS FREED THE ENSLAVED ____________________ ********************************************************************************* CULTURAL SIMILARITIES WITH EGYPT : 1. “ HIERARCHY ” - 2. “ ZIGGURATS ” - 3.

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CULTURAL DIFFERENCES WITH EGYPT : 1. 2. “ CUNEIFORM ” - ********************************************************************************* SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > CUNEIFORM 1. CUNEIFORM MEANS _________________ SHAPED 2. STYLUSES ARE MADE FROM _________________ 3. CUNEIFORM IS WRITTEN ON ____________ TABLETS ********************************************************************************* 3. “ STYLUS ” - 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. THE ROOTS OF JUDAISM : HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF A SIGNIFICANT CULTURE AND RELIGION : 1. 2. “ ABRAHAM ” 3. 4. 5.

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6. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES FOR AN ANCIENT CULTURE AND RELIGION : 1. 2. 3. “ TORAH ” - ********************************************************************************* SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE TORAH 1. THE TORAH IS THE ______ BOOKS OF _____________ AND THE OLD ________________________ 2. THE TORAH IS ONE OF THE ______ CORNERSTONES

OF THE JEWISH FAITH 3. A CENTRAL PART OF A JEWISH RELIGIOUS SERVICE AT A SYNAGOGUE ( CHURCH / TEMPLE ) IS THE READING OF THE _______________ 4. THE OTHER THREE CORNERSTONES OF JUDAISM ARE : 1. THE ______________ 2. THE ______________ 3. THE LOVE OF ________________ ********************************************************************************* 4. “ COVENANT ” - 5. “ ETHICS ” - 6. “ PATRIARCHAL ” - 7. ********************************************************************************* CHAPTER READING > THE PATRIARCH IN CANAAN - PAGES 16 - 17 1. WHO ARE THE PATRIARCHS ?

DAVID AND GOLIATH

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2. HOW LONG DID THE PATRIARCHS LIVE IN CANAAN ? 3. HOW DID THE LACK OF A CENTRAL , UNIFIED GOVERNMENT IN

CANAAN HELP ISRAEL ? 4. GIVE ONE EXAMPLE OF GOD’S JUDGMENT ON THE LUSTFUL PEOPLE OF

CANAAN . 5. WHAT ONE THING MADE THE PATRIARCHS STAND OUT FROM THE

CANAANITES ? 6. HOW WERE THE PATRIARCHS SIMILAR TO THE CANAANITES ? 7. HOW DID THEY DIFFER ?

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