ancient egypt. government & laws ruled by pharaoh or dynasty
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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...
CULTURESociety and Art/Lit
• SOCIAL CLASSES– UPPER
– LOWER
• ART– BUILDINGS,
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
“THE LAND BETWEEN
THE RIVERS”
Middle East
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
GREECE
Black Sea
TURKEY
EGYPT
SUDAN
SAUDIARABIA
IRAQ
Mediterranean Sea
Istanbul
Bursa
Izmir
Denizli
Antalya Adana
Ankara
Samsun
Aleppo
AegeanSea
Nicosia
Beirut
Haifa
Jerusalem
CYPRUSLEBANON
ISRAEL
SYRIA
Damascus
Golan Heights
AmmanWestBank
JORDANAlAqabah
Tabuk
MedinaYanbual Bahr
Jiddah (Jeddah)Mecca
Jizan
RedSea
Sanaa
YEMEN
AdenETHIOPIA
SOMALIA
Gulf of AdenDJIBOUTI
500 Nautical Miles0
Salalah
OMAN
Socotra
Arabian Sea
Duqm
Muscat
Gulf of Oman
OMAN
Strait ofHormuz
Dubayy
Manama
BAHRAIN QATARDoha
AbuDhabi
UNITED ARABEMIRATES
PersianGulf
Dhahran
Riyadh
Bandar-eBushehr
Kuwait
AbadanAl Basrah
Al Hillah
KUWAIT
BakhtaranArak
Tehran
Rasht
Tabriz
Karkuk
Mosul
BaghdadIRAN
Mashhad
AFGHANISTAN
Kerman
PAK.
COMMONWEALTH OFINDEPENDENT STATES
AralSea
CaspianSea
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SUMERIANSca. 4000-2400 BCE
• GOVERNMENT & LAWS–CITY-STATES 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
SUMERIANSLASTING CONTRIBUTIONS
–TELLING TIME
–WHEEL–ARCH–BRICKS
–SEWERS–COMPASS–360 DEGREE CIRCLE
BABYLONIANS1700’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