1. Bellringer Review your answers to the Hebrew Law Code assignment, then turn it in

2. Agenda 1.Hebrew Law Code 2.Persian Empire 3.Prince of Egypt

3. Objectives Students will be able to… 26. Describe the major beliefs and traditions of Judaism. 27. Summarize the key aspects of the Persian Empire.

4. Skills Objectives 11/11/10 Students will be able to… S7. Analyze important features of political and thematic maps.

5. 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? Objective #26

6. People of Mesopotamia Hebrews Phoenicians Assyrians All conquered by the Babylonians (the New Babylonians!) Then by the Persians

7. Assyrian Empire

8. (New) Babylon

9. Persian Empire Objective #27

10. 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]

11. Persians Conquered the Middle East, Egypt, modern-day Iran and Afghanistan, Asia Minor, and even into Europe

12. 1. Where would you find the oldest part of the Persian empire?

13. 2. When did the Persian empire reach its greatest extent?

14. 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

15. 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

16. Persian Tombs Known as the “king of kings”

17. 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

18. Mr. Poth’s Rule of World History #4 Power will collapse without respect

19. 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

20. Darius Re-conquers the empire Restores tolerance Invades Greece Creates the Persian imperial achievements

21. Persia’s Achievements Imperial bureaucracy The Royal Road

22. 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

23. The Royal Road Connected the major Persian cities Important for: – Communication (messenger system) – Trade – Moving armies

24. 3. Where were the two endpoints of the Royal Road?

25. 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

26. 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

27. HW Persia Writing Read P. 42-48 “Arrival of the Aryans”- “Escaping the wheel”.