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ANCIENT EGYPT
GOVERNMENT &
LAWS
• RULED BY
PHARAOH
or
• DYNASTY
RULERS
• HATSHEPSUT:
FIRST WOMAN
PHARAOH;
ECONOMY
• AGRICULTURE
• TRADED
RELIGION
• POLYTHEISTIC
• SACRED ANIMALS:
CAT, CROCODILE,
BULL, RAM , JACKAL
RELIGION
• BELIEF IN AFTER-LIFE
• MUMMIFICATION
BEFORE WRAPPING A BODY, THE
DESERT DRIED THOSE BURIED
IN THE SAND...
CULTURE
Society and Art/Lit
• SOCIAL
• ART
CLASSES
– BUILDINGS,
– UPPER
– LOWER
INSIDE
TOMBS
– SCULPTURES:
CULTURE
• ARCHITECTURE
– PYRAMIDS
– SPHINX
• SCIENCE
– LUNAR CALENDAR
– NUMBER SYSTEM
NUMBERS
• 100=
• 10=
• 1=
LASTING
CONTRIBUTIONS
• PYRAMIDS
• 365 DAY
CALENDAR
• BOOK OF
HEALING
• MUMMIFICATION
• METAL WORKING
& SCULPTURES
MESOPOTAMIA
Middle East
ROMANIA
“THE LAND
BETWEEN
THE
RIVERS”
Aral
Sea
BULGARIA
Black Sea
COMMONWEALT H OF
INDEPENDENT ST AT ES
Istanbul
Caspian
Sea
Samsun
Bursa
Aegean
Sea
Ankara
TURKEY
Izmir
Denizli
Antalya
GREECE
Tabriz
Adana
Rasht
Mashhad
Aleppo
Mosul
Nicosia
SYRIA
CYPRUS
Mediterranean Sea
LEBANON
Beirut
Haifa
ISRAEL
Jerusalem
Tehran
Karkuk
AFGHANISTAN
Bakhtaran
Damascus
Arak
Baghdad
Golan Heights
IRAQ
Amman
West
Bank
JORDAN
Al
Aqabah
IRAN
Al Hillah
Al Basrah
Abadan
Kerman
PAK.
KUWAIT
Kuwait
Tabuk
Bandar-e
Bushehr
Persian
Gulf
EGYPT
Dhahran
Manama
BAHRAIN
Riyadh
Medina
Yanbu
al Bahr
SAUDI
ARABIA
QATAR Dubayy
Doha
Abu
Dhabi
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
Strait of
Hormuz
OMAN
Gulf of Oman
Muscat
OMAN
Jiddah (Jeddah)
Mecca
Duqm
Red
Sea
SUDAN
Salalah
Jizan
Arabian Sea
Sanaa
YEMEN
ETHIOPIA
Socotra
Aden
Gulf of Aden
DJIBOUTI
0
500 Nautical Miles
SOMALIA
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SUMERIANS
ca. 4000-2400 BCE
• GOVERNMENT
& LAWS
– CITYSTATES
RULED BY A
KING
• RULERS
– REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE GODS
SUMERIANS
• ECONOMY
– AGRICULTURE
– TRADED WITH OTHERS IN
MIDDLE EAST
SUMERIANS
• RELIGION
– POLYTHEISTIC
SUMERIANS
• 3 SOCIAL CLASSES
• WRITING: CUNEIFORM ON
CLAY TABLETS
SUMERIANS
LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS
– TELLING
TIME
– WHEEL
– ARCH
– BRICKS
– SEWERS
– COMPASS
– 360
DEGREE
CIRCLE
BABYLONIANS
1700’S BCE
• GOVERNMENT & LAWS
– HAMMURABI’S CODE
• VERY HARSH
• EYE FOR AN EYE
BABYLONIANS
• ECONOMY
– FARMING
– TEXTILES
BABYLONIANS
• RELIGION
– POLYTHEISTIC
BABYLONIANS
• SOCIAL
CLASSES
– NOBILITY
– MERCHANTS
– SLAVES
• LASTING
CONTRIBUTIONS
– CODE OF
HAMMURABI
HEBREWS
• GOVERNMENT
– 12 TRIBES
– UNITED UNDER SAUL
– LATER SPLIT (ISRAEL &
JUDAH)
– MOSAIC LAW BASED ON AN
EYE FOR AN EYE
HEBREWS
• LEADERS
– ABRAHAM
– MOSES
– SAUL
HEBREWS
• RELIGION: JUDAISM
– MONOTHEISTIC
– YAHWEH
– 10 COMMANDMENTS
– OLD TESTAMENT
– PROPHETS WERE
MESSENGERS OF GOD
HEBREWS
• LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS
– MONOTHEISM
– RELIGIONS: JUDAISM,
CHRISTIANITY
– MOSAIC LAW
– CULTURE