PART I : MESOPOTAMIA AND ANCIENT EGYPT

River Valley Civilizations

Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

King Hammurabi is remembered for:

•Building dams

•Laws written in cuneiform (see below)

Beginnings of Judaism

Upper Left: A Star of David is a symbol of Judaism

Upper Right: Father of Judaism, Abraham

Above: Abraham’s journey to Canaan

Left: Jewish Diaspora from Israel

Ancient Egypt

The Gift of the Nile

King Menes

Pyramids, Mummies, and Hieroglyphics

Upper Left: the crown of unified Egypt

Above: King Menes

Middle: Hieroglyphics

Bottom Left : Pyramids

Left: King Tut’s mummy

Old Kingdom New Kingdom

More on Ancient Egypt

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Last of the Ancient Egyptians

Far Left: Ancient Egyptian mathLeft: King Tut’s funerary maskBottom Left: Ancient medicine

Below: Tomb of Ramses II

Picture Citations

Slide 2 crystalinks.com history.howstuffworks.com

Slide 3 biblepicturegallery.com bible-archaeology.info enlightened-spirituality.org teachinghearts.org

Slide 4 carolsplace.com artyfactory.com ancient-egypt-online.com ancientegyptianfacts.com oldegypt.wikispaces.com

Slide 5 library.thinkquest.org tigtail.org

Slide 6 cweb.vinu.edu tripadvisor.com dodd.cmcvellore.ac.in love-egypt.com