Welcome to Unit Two!!Turn in McD Ch. 4.1/4.2 and signed

interims Get papers off the blue bookshelf.NO WARM-UP!Write down homework in your agenda.

AgendaEssential QuestionsOther Early Civilizations NotesHebrew Cyber Hunt

HW: Bring S.S. Fair Materials

Essential QuestionsHow is Judaism different than other early

religions? What form of writing did the Phoenicians

invent? Which civilization guarded Egyptian

values? What are the Ten Commandments? Why was Cyrus considered to be so great?

Other Early Civilizations

Hebrews, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Kush (Nubians), Persians

Hebrews2000 B.C.E. Palestine, specifically Canaan left Egypt, led by Moses

Hebrews Torah: tells us written history, is the first 5

books (chapters) of the Hebrew Bible Judaism worships one god (monotheistic) called god Yahweh Ten Commandments: set of rules for social

and religious behavior; their code of law built great temple in Jerusalem

Phoenicians1100 B.C.E. coast of Mediterranean SeaNorth Africa, Sicily, Italy, Lebenon

Phoenicians first to sail around Africa, by way of Red

Sea and Strait of Gibraltar invented purple dye, by smashing snailswriting system (alphabet) based on

sounds, not ideas first world traders

Assyrians850 B.C.E. Fertile Crescentspread down through Palestine into

Egypt

Assyrians

advanced military planning and technical skill

great efficiency at organizing conquered territories into an empire

beautiful capital at Nineveh with a library of 25,000 clay tablets

Kush (Nubians)700 B.C.E. Egypt, on the Upper Nile River

Kush (Nubians) linked trade routes between the

Mediterranean and the Red Seaguardians of Egyptian valuesmajor center for the manufacture of iron

weapons and tools

Persians612 B.C.E. between the Persian Gulf and the

Caspian Sea

PersiansCyrus the Greatexpanded empire over 2,000 milesgentle ruler, had compassion for

conquered peoples; adapted their customs

Royal Road and standard money help empire together