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Group Activity – Ancient
Empires & Dynasties
Honors World History
Instructions
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Your group is responsible for:
Research on a particular ancient group
Completing your section of the graphic
organizer.
Creating a visual (a simple illustration)
Making a presentation to the class.
You have 30 minutes to complete 1-3.
Sumerians
► 3000
B.C.
► Mesopotamia; Fertile Crescent
► Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Babylon
► Hammurabi & Sargon I
► Polytheism; each city-state had a chief diety)
► Epic of Gilgamesh, wheel, ramp, calendar, potter’s
wheel, cuneiform, sail, plow, number systems,
Code of Hammurabi
► Civilization of city-states (in the beginning)
► Invasions, lack of physical barriers
Topics & Page #s
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Hittites: pgs. 62-63
Aryans: pgs. 63-65
Minoans: pgs. 72-73
Phoenicians: pgs. 73-74
Hebrews/Jews: pgs. 77-82
Assyrians: pgs. 95-97
Persians: pgs. 99-103
Hittites
► 2000-1190
B.C.
► Anatolia (Asia Minor)
► Hattusas (capital) & Babylon
► N/A
► Polytheism (not in book)
► Excelled at war with use of chariots and iron
weapons & signed peace treaty with Ramses II
► Empire
► Invasions; tribes attacked from north, capital was
burned
Aryans
► 2000-1000
B.C.
► Caspian Sea – moved into India
► Magadha was major kingdom
► N/A – were Indo Europeans
► Polythestic (develops into Hinduism)
► Sacred literature called Vedas (hymns and
ritual chants); caste system; Mahabharata
(epic poem), Hinduism
► Kingdom
► Assimilation
Phoenicians
► 1100-800
B.C.
► Modern day Lebanon
► Byblos, Tyre, & Sidon
► N/A, but were Semitic
► Polytheistic
► Great shipbuilders & seafarers; traded tin w/
Britain; red-purple dye; colonies in Africa
(Carthage) & Sicily; traded wood, metal, glass,
ivory, etc.; alphabet
► Wealthy city-states
► Captured or controlled by Assyrians, Babylonians,
& Persians
Hebrews-Jews-Israelites
► 1650
B.C. – 72 A.D.
► Canaan/Palestine
► Jerusalem
► Abraham, Moses, Deborah, Saul, David, Solomon
► Judaism (Yahweh)
► 10 Commandments; monotheism, Solomon’s
Temple, Jewish Law, Torah (1st 5 books of Old
Testament)
► Kingdom(s) (eventually Israel (N) & Judah (S)
► Invasions by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians,
Greeks, & Romans; splitting of the kingdoms
Israelites
Persians
► 1000-550
B.C.
► Modern day Iran & Turkey
► Persepolis (capital) Susa, & Sardis
► Cyrus (military genius who founded the empire),
Cambyses, & Darius (extended empire, good ruler &
administrator)
► Zoroastrianism (monotheism w/concept of good and
evil & Satan and angels; earth was battle ground
► Tolerant of those conquered; Royal Road between
Susa and Sardis; Zoroastrianism; coins; satraps
► Empire & dynasty
► Defeats at the hands of the Greeks (Alexander the
Great
Hittites, Aryans, Phoenicians, Persians,
Minoans, Assyrians or Hebrews?
Ten Commandments
► Capital was Nineveh
► Alphabet
► Knossus was the capital
► Indo-Eurpoeans
► Caste System
► Colonies in Africa, Sicily,
Sardinia, Spain
► Covenant
► Vedas
► Chariots
► Great library
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Sacrificed bulls to their
gods
► King Solomon’s temple
► Located on Crete
► Dasas (or “dark”)
► Disaster of 1470 B.C.
► Red-purple dye
► Powerful ocean traders
► Abraham
► Flood story
► Tolerant of the conquered
► Mahabharata (epic)
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Hittites, Aryans, Phoenicians, Persians,
Minoans, Assyrians or Hebrews?
Founded Carthage
► Saul was their first King
► King Minos
► Cleanliness and purity
became all important
► Siege specialists
► Ur
► Judah
► Anatolia
► Enjoyed boxing, wrestling,
and bull leaping
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Sidon & Tyre were
important cities
► Babylonian captivity
► Tribute paid to avoid war
► Canaan
► Varnas
► Iron weapons
► Aegean Sea
► Traded tin with Britain
► Torah
► Royal Road
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Israelites- Judaism
World History
Israelites
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Monotheism
Yahweh
Covenant
Canaan
Abraham &
sons/grandsons
Egypt
Moses
Exodus
Passover
Joshua
Judges
Saul
David
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Jerusalem
Solomon
Tribes
Judah
Israel
Assyrians (722 B.C.)
Exile
Chaldeans (Babylonians) &
Babylonian captivity
Prophets
Synagogues
Persians
Torah
Diaspora