Mister Richardson's
World History Class

OUTLINE

Chapter 1: Early Civilizations

I. Eden: The Place of Beginnings

  1. Creation
  2. The Fall
  3. Civilization

 

II. Mesopotamia

  1. Sumerian Civilization
    1. Cuneiform
    2. Farming and Architecture
      • ziggurats
    3. Sargon
      • first empire
    4. Sumerian Contributions
      • the arch
      • the wheel
      • 360 degree circle
      • hours and minutes into 60 units
  2. Amorite Civilization
    1. Hammurabi
    2. Epic of Gilgamesh and the Flood
    3. Amorite Accomplishments
      • astronomy
      • astrology

 

III. Egypt

  1. The Land
    1. the Nile River
    2. the delta region
  2. History
    1. Ancient
      • descent from Ham
      • Menes
    2. Old Kingdom (2700-2200 BC)
      • Khufu
    3. Middle Kingdom (2100-1640 BC)
      • Israel, Joseph
      • the Hyksos
    4. New Kingdom (1570-1075 BC)
      • Hatshepsut
      • Thutmose III
      • Amenhotep II
      • Rameses II
    5. Culture
      • Medicine
      • Solar calendar
      • Heiroglyphics
      • Papyrus

 

IV. Canaan

  1. The Hittites
  2. The Phoenicians
    1. Merchants of the Mediterranean
    2. Alphabet
    3. The City of Tyre
  3. The Arameans
  4. The Hebrews
    1. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
    2. Bondage in Egypt
      • Joseph
      • Moses
    3. Theocracy
    4. The Promised Land
      • Joshua
    5. The Judges
    6. David and Solomon
    7. Division and Judgement
      • Israel
        • the northern kingdom
        • conquered by Assyria (722 BC)
      • Judah
        • the southern kingdom
        • conquered by Babylon (586 BC)

 

V. Near Eastern Empires

  1. The Assyrian Empire
    1. God's Judgement
      • Tiglathpileser
      • Sargon II
    2. Mercy and Judgement
      • Sennacherib
      • Hezekiah
  2. The Chaldean (Babylonian) Empire
    1. Nebuchadnezzar
      • destroyed Solomon's temple (586 BC)
      • the Diaspora
    2. Astronomy
    3. God's Wrath
      • Daniel
      • Belshazzar
  3. The Persian Empire
    1. Cyrus the Great
      • rebuilding of Jerusalem
      • Xerxes
      • Esther
    2. Persian Government
      • satrapies
      • the Royal Road
    3. Persian Culture
      • Zoroaster

 

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