1. 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.

2. Agenda  Essential Questions  Other Early Civilizations Notes  Hebrew Cyber Hunt  HW: Bring S.S. Fair Materials

3. Essential Questions  How 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?

4. Other Early Civilizations Hebrews, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Kush (Nubians), Persians

5. Hebrews  2000 B.C.E.  Palestine, specifically Canaan  left Egypt, led by Moses

6. 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

8. Phoenicians  1100 B.C.E.  coast of Mediterranean Sea  North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Lebenon

10. Phoenicians  first to sail around Africa, by way of Red Sea and Strait of Gibraltar  invented purple dye, by smashing snails  writing system (alphabet) based on sounds, not ideas  first world traders

11. Assyrians  850 B.C.E.  Fertile Crescent  spread down through Palestine into Egypt

13. 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

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

15. Kush (Nubians)  linked trade routes between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea  guardians of Egyptian values  major center for the manufacture of iron weapons and tools

16. Persians  612 B.C.E.  between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea

17. Persians  Cyrus the Great  expanded empire over 2,000 miles  gentle ruler, had compassion for conquered peoples; adapted their customs  Royal Road and standard money help empire together