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Ancient Middle East Review ‘11
Qualities of a civilization
Geography of the Middle East: Be able to identify countries and some major cities, bodies of water
Mesopotamia: what does it mean? Where was it? What are the other names for the region?
Sumerians—who were they? What contributions did they make? Describe their GREASES? Were they a
civilization? Why or why not?
Contributions of other civilizations of ancient Middle East (Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans (a.k.a.
Babylon II)
Hammurabi and Hammurabi’s Code (significance)
Nebuchednezzar (what he did, why it was important)
Hanging Gardens, “Tower of Babel”
Kernels of truth in Gilgamesh and The Bible (refer to video)
Hebrew history:
Patriarch, Abraham, Sarah, Canaan (what they did to begin the religion)
Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Saul, Solomon, David
Torah
The Exodus
10 Commandments
Babylonian Captivity (its importance)
Diaspora
Covenant
Diaspora
Beliefs and practices
Different sects
Basic facts (% of the population, etc.)
Christianity
Patriarch, founder, how created
Jesus (his life and his role)
Peter, Paul
Gospels and New Testament
Spread of Christianity (how situation in Rome allowed for its spread)
Reason for its appeal
Beliefs and practices
Different sects/denominations
Basic facts (% of the population, etc.)
Islam
Patriarch, founder, how created
Muhammad (his life and his role)
Meaning of Islam (and Muslim)
Hijrah
Ka’aba
Mecca, Medina
Qur’an
Five Pillars and other beliefs and practices
Shari’a
Different sects—Sunni, Shiite
Links to other monotheistic religions
How Islam spread
Basic facts (% of the population, etc.)
Be able to compare the religions on the things we discuss in class: beliefs, practices, where located in the
world, number of believers, etc.