10. 1. Summarize how geography affected culture in the
Fertile Crescent
2. Describe city-states and how other cultures learned
about them
3. Describe Sumerian religious beliefs, social structure,
and technology
4. Explain the influence of Sumer of later civilizations
16. 1. What was the ancient name for “Palestine”?
2. When did the descendants of Abraham move to
Egypt?
3. Summarize the first covenant between Yahweh and
Abraham.
4. How long did the Jews travel through the Sinai
Desert after escaping from slavery in Egypt?
5. Why was Solomon’s kingdom divided into two?
17. Despite challenges, the Hebrews maintained
monotheistic beliefs that were unique in the ancient
world.
1. Summarize the history and beliefs of the ancient
Hebrews
2. Explain the historical and cultural importance of the
Exodus
3. Describe Israel under Saul, David, and Solomon
4. Describe Israel’s destruction and the Hebrews’ exile
in Babylon
18. Palestine
was
Canaan
The Torah
Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers,
Deuteronomy
Abraham
1800 BCE, Canaan
1650 BCE, Egypt
Monotheism
19. Hebrews migrated to Egypt to avoid draught &
famine - but then enslaved.
Fled captivity between 1300 -1200 BCE, led by
Moses
Legend says the Hebrews wandered the Sinai Desert
for 40 years
10 Commandments . . .
23. What do you notice
about the first four
commandments as
opposed to the last
six?
Which two are stated
in the positive form?
Why?
How would you
characterize the
difference between
the Ten
Commandments and
Hammurabi’s Code?
24. 12 Tribes down to Judah (Jews & Judaism)
Saul
David
Solomon
26. Assyria developed a dominant military and established
a well-organized administration until revolts wore down
the empire.
1. Analyze the sources of Assyrian military strength
2. Evaluate Assyrian achievements
3. Trace the Assyrian decline
27. 850 BCE, Assyria rises
Sennacherib destroyed 89
cities and 820 villages,
burned Babylon and
ordered tens of thousands
killed
Advances SW to Egypt
Esarhaddon: “I tore up the
root of Kush, and not one
therein escaped to submit to
me”
28. Technology Strategies
• Leather & metal body • Siege
armour
• Pontoon bridges
• Metal helmets • Dug beneath walls
• Iron swords and • Archers cleared walls
spears
• Battering rams for
• Ladders gates
• No mercy
43. Muhammad unified the Arab people both politically
and through Islam.
1. Describe Arabia before the rise of Islam
2. Explain how Muhammad began to unify the
Arabian Peninsula under Islam
3. Identify Islamic beliefs and practices
44. 630, Return to Mecca
622, Hijrah
Umma
Islam vs Muslim
Five Pillars of Faith
Quran vs Sunna vs Shari’a
45. Without depicting Muhammad or God, students will
illustrate a storyboard of the assigned section of the
text, paying particular attention to specifics.
1. Deserts, Towns, and Trade Routes
2. and 7. Revelations
3. The Hijrah
4. Returning to Mecca
5. The Five Pillars
6. A Way of Life & Sources of Authority
47. In spite of internal conflicts, the Muslims created a
huge empire that included lands on three continents.
1. Describe how Muhammad’s successors spread Islam
2. List conflicts within the Umayyad state
3. Explain how rivalries split Islam
48. 632, Muhammad died
632, Abu-Bakr, first “Rightly-Guided Caliph”
Umar, Uthman, and Ali
Reasons for success?
Treatment of conquered?
49. Uthman murdered, Ali elected caliph then murdered
Umayyads take control
Moved capital to Damascus
Surrounded selves with luxury
54. Muslims combined and preserved the traditions of
many peoples and also advanced learning in a variety
of areas.
1. Describe society under the Abbasids
2. Identify Muslim accomplishments in art and science
3. Describe Muslim attitudes toward philosophy and
religion
60. • Describe Arabia before the rise of Islam
• Explain how Muhammad began to unify the Arabian
Peninsula under Islam
• Identify Islamic beliefs and practices
61.
62. The Prophet Muhammad
• Khadjah • Hijrah, 622, from Mecca to
Yathrib
• the angel Gabriel
• From Medina to Mecca,
• Allah 630
• Islam, “submission to the • Ka’aba
will of Allah”
• umma
• Muslim, “one who has
submitted”
63. Five Pillars of Faith
Faith Shahada
Prayer Salat
Alms Zakaat
Fasting Sawm
Pilgrimage Hajj
64. Five Pillars of Faith
Faith Shahada
Prayer Salat
Alms Zakaat
Fasting Sawm
Pilgrimage Hajj
65. Five Pillars of Faith
Faith Shahada
Prayer Salat
Alms Zakaat
Fasting Sawm
Pilgrimage Hajj
73. Shane’s Birthday Quiz
1.Who was Muhammad’s first successor?
2.Which sub-group of Islam believed that the caliph
had to be related to Muhammad?
74. Shane’s Birthday Quiz
1.Who was Muhammad’s first successor?
2.Which sub-group of Islam believed that the caliph
had to be related to Muhammad?
3.What was Muhammad’s daughter’s name?
75. Outcomes
• Describe how Muhammad’s successors spread Islam
• List conflicts within the Umayyad state
• Explain how rivalries split Islam
76. • Rightly-guided caliphs (“successor”)
• Abu-Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali
• jihad
• jizra
• Uthman and Ali murdered
77. Sunnah Shi’a
meaning “well-trodden path” “party of Ali”
# 940m/ 90% 120m/ 10%
Locations most Muslim countries Iran, Iraq & Yemen
Abo Bakr, father of the Ali ibn Abi Talib,
true Caliph Prophet’s favored wife, husband of the Prophet’s
A’ishah daughter Fatimah
tribe of the Prophet
qualifications for
(Quraysh); later, anyone family of the Prophet
ruler of Islam
qualified
Religious authority ijma (consensus) of
infallible imams
other than Qu’ran Muslim community
80. Outcomes
• Describe society under the Abbasids
• Identify Muslim accomplishments in art & science
• Describe Muslim attitudes toward philosophy and
religion
