Fertile crescent
- 2. WHAT WAS THE FERTILE CRESCENT? THE FERTILE CRESCENT WAS THE CIVILIZATIONS OF AN ANCIENT REGION OF THE MIDDLE EAST
- 3. WHAT WERE THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST? THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WERE MESOPOTAMIA, PHOENICIA AND ISRAEL
- 4. THE FIRST CIVILIZATION WAS CALLED MESOPOTAMIA TODAY MESOPOTAMIA IS KNOWN AS IRAQ EARLIEST KNOWN CITIES IN THE REGION WERE SUMER, BABYLONIA AND AKKAD SUMERIANS WORSHIPED MANY GODS (POLYTHEISM)
- 5. WHAT WERE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUMERIANS?? SUMERIANS INVENTED THE WHEEL SUMERIANS WERE SOME OF THE EARLIEST FARMERS SUMERIANS WERE SOME OF THE FIRST TO USE A IRRIGATION SYSTEM
- 6. WHAT WERE SOME OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE MESOPOTAMIA REGION?? THE HAMMURABI’S CODE CUNEIFORM
- 7. WHAT WAS THE HAMMURABI CODE??
- 8. WHAT WAS CUNEIFORM?? CUNEIFORM WAS A GROUP OF WEDGES AND LINES USED TO WRITE SEVERAL LANGUAGES OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT
- 9. MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATIONS PHOENICIA WAS A MAJOR SEA POWER THE GREEKS CALLED THEM PHOENICIANS BUT WHAT THEY CALLED THEMSELVES IS UNKNOWN ITS WEALTH CAME FROM TRADE
- 10. WHAT MAJOR CONTRIBUTION DID WE GET FROM THE PHOENICIANS?? MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF THE PHOENICIANS WAS AN ALPHABETIC WRITING SYSTEM WHICH BECAME OUR CURRENT DAY ALPHABET
- 11. RISE OF THE ISRAELITES THE RELIGION PRACTICED BY THE ISRAELITES WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER RELIGIONS (MONOTHEISM) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE THE CORE BELIEF OF JUDAISM
- 12. RISE OF THE ISRAELITES JUDAISM HAS INFLUENCED OTHER MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
- 13. ALRIGHT!!! QUESTION TIME 1. WHAT WAS THE FERTILE CRESCENT? 2. NAME SOME OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST? 3. NAME SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUMERIANS?? 4. WHAT WAS THE HAMMURABI CODE?
- 14. ALMOST FINISHED 5. WHAT WAS CUNEIFORM? 6. WHAT MAJOR CONTRIBUTION DID WE GET FROM THE PHOENICIANS? 7. WHAT WAS THE CORE BELIEF OF JUDAISM CALLED?