1. 1. Books open to p. 87 to 90 2. Add Phoenicians & Hebrews to Akkadians & Babylonian Tree Map 3. Sumerian facts add to TM 4. 1 st hour projects 5. Middle East project due 9/11/2012 6. Quiz chapter 3 9/11/2012

2.  1 st Eric, Christina

3. 1. army used bronze weapons 2. kingdom arose around 1800 B.C. 3. powerful army was feared by everyone 4. ruled by Hammurabi 5. used Sumerian cuneiform to make written records 6. leader improved roads and helped develop trade 7. kingdom arose around 2340 B.C. 8. ruled by Sargon I 9. leader created the first system of laws 10. leader repaired dikes and made irrigation systems longer

4. 1. Used the North Star to navigate, or steer, their boats. 2. During their travels, sailors founded colonies in Spain and France. 3. Religious beliefs included ten commandments God gave Abraham on Mount Sinai. 4. They gave us the alphabet. 5. Lived in Canaan around 1100 B.C. 6. The first people to believe in one all-powerful god. 7. Believed in morality is the right way of behaving toward others. 8. The cities of Tyre and Sidon were built by rich merchants and traders. 9. Around 1100 B.C. built city states in Canaan. 10. They developed a simple alphabet that had 22 letters instead of the 550 that was inherited from cuneiform 11. Historians feel this group was in power between 2000 and 1500 B.C.