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• Review your answers to the Hebrew
Law Code assignment, then turn it in
Agenda
1. Hebrew Law Code
2. Persian Empire
3. Prince of Egypt
Objectives
Students will be able to…
26. Describe the major beliefs and
traditions of Judaism.
27. Summarize the key aspects of the
Persian Empire.
Skills Objectives
Students will be able to…
S7. Analyze important features of
political and thematic maps.
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Objective #26
Hebrew Law Code
• What were those rules called?
• How does Exodus compare to
Hammurabi’s Code?
• What do you think is the relationship
between Hebrew beliefs and the
other Mesopotamian peoples?
People of Mesopotamia
• Hebrews
• Phoenicians
• Assyrians
• All conquered by the Babylonians (the
New Babylonians!)
• Then by the Persians
Assyrian Empire
(New) Babylon
Objective #27
Persian Empire
Babylonians
• King Nebuchadnezzar
• Hanging Gardens (a
Wonder of the World)
• Forced the Hebrews to
move to Babylon as slaves
– Babylonian Captivity
(also called the Exile)
• [Objective 25]
Persians
• Conquered the Middle East, Egypt,
modern-day Iran and Afghanistan,
Asia Minor, and even into Europe
1. Where would you find the oldest part of the Persian
empire?
2. When did the Persian empire reach its greatest
extent?
Cyrus the Great
• Founder of the Persian Empire
• Conquered many lands
• Known for his tolerance of other
cultures and religions
• Allowed the Hebrews to return to
and rebuild Jerusalem
Cyrus the Great
• Called “the Great”
because of his conquests,
and because people
loved him
• Persian Empire expanded
easily, conquered peoples
wanted to be a part of it
Persian Tombs
• Known as the “king of kings”
Cambyses
• Cyrus’ son. He’s not so great.
• Cambyses is everything his father is not
–Intolerant
–Mean
–Disliked
• When he dies, the empire falls apart
Mr. Poth’s Rule of
World History #4
Power will collapse without
respect
Darius
• The winner of a mini-civil war was
Darius
• Not related to Cyrus, but carries on
his tradition
• Creates the largest empire in the
world up to that time
Darius
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Re-conquers the empire
Restores tolerance
Invades Greece
Creates the Persian
imperial achievements
Persia’s Achievements
• Imperial bureaucracy
• The Royal Road
Imperial Bureaucracy
• Imperial = belonging to an empire
• Bureaucracy = organizational
structure in government that is in
charge of running things
• Darius built a really good one to
manage his large empire
The Royal Road
• Connected the major Persian cities
• Important for:
–Communication (messenger
system)
–Trade
–Moving armies
3. Where were the two endpoints of the Royal Road?
Persian Religion
• Called Zoroastrianism, named after
the prophet Zoroaster
• Monotheistic – Ahura Mazda
• Based on conflict between good and
evil
• People choose sides and their soul is
rewarded for choosing well
Persia Writing!
• Explain how the Persian Empire’s
rulers fit Rule of World History #4
• Explain how the Hebrew Kingdoms
(think Solomon) fit Rule of World
History #3
HW
• Persia Writing
• Read P. 42-48 “Arrival of the Aryans”“Escaping the wheel”.