CIVILIZATIONS: AFRICA AND ASIA

ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF THE NILE

ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF THE NILE CONTINUED

• Citizens learned to cooperate with the river.
• Built dikes, reservoirs, and irrigation channels
• 3100 Menes created the worlds first unified state
• Old KD- includes Pharohs and Pyramids
• Middle and New KD- Brought trade and warfare

EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

• Their society was organized into classes.
• Worshiped multiple gods and goddess

CITY-STATES OF ANCIENT SUMER

• 5000 years ago, city-states grew along two rivers.
• Floods and irrigation
• Advances in learning: cuneiform, scribes.

Untitled Slide

MESOPOTAMIA

• Invaders:Sargon builds first known empire.
• Empires:Hammurabi, made first laws known to history
• Traders: trade of warfarespread ideas and technology

THE ROOTS OF JUDAISM

• Many Hebrews inhabited the Fertile Crescent
• In 2000 BC migrated
• 1000 BC established Israel
• Known as Jews because of captivity
• Judiasm is considered one of the worlds major religions.

FLOWING INTO ASIA AND AFRICA

WORK-CITED

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
• http://woggleblog.com/post-articles/the-annunaki-connection/
• http://www.glamfaith.org.uk/uk/faiths/6/
• Prentice Hall World History: The Modern Era