Monday- No School
Tuesday-Thursday
Assyrians
Political-
assyrians officials controlled lands near assyria
Lands dependent territories
Kings
Monarchy
Military- new territory
New lands-
income tax
Refusal to pay destroyed their cities and exiles people
Rose to power 850 BC
Highly advanced military
Good weaponry
Iron
Military strategy
Fell in 612 BC
Spread to thin
Death of Ashurbanipal
Armies destroyed Nineveh
Economic
Taxes and tribute
Agriculture and herding
Only do jobs in social class
Carpenters fishing, potters, masonry, and leather producers
Geography
Northern Mesopotamia in the current countries of Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey
Settled there because of good landscape and good soil
Social class
Kings and wealthy lived most of their lives feasting
Others spent a lot of time working
Monotheistic
Harrapians
India
3000-1500 BC
Lasted about 2000 years
Ended with mutual consent to move where the monsoon winds were reliable
No wars focused more on making their city a better place
The people were very diverse
Social classes
Brahmins,
Kshatriyas.
Vaisyas,
Sudras,
Pariah “Harijans” untouchables
About the size of the Western Europe
Same sized bricks for all buildings
Settled in the land of 7 rivers
National Barriers
Many Rivers: provided for rich ag lands
Arabian Sea provided food and protection
Himalaya Mountains provided protection
Thar Desert- provided protection
Housing
Everything was uniform
2 story with small courtyard
Advanced waste system and drainage
One public bath
Water wells
Social
Women had many rights
Religion
Theocracy
Education
Really literate
Agriculture
Known for gambling and playing with dice and marbles
Technology
Bullock driven carts
Boats
Egyptians
Political
They ruled in Dynastys
28 dynasty's 3100 BC- 0 AD
Pharaoh and kings
How did they lose power
Died or killed
Currently family everyone died
Come into power
From father to eldest son
Related to the king
Economic
Organized and controlled
money - barter system
Grew food and traded
Raised animals to eat and sell
Social Classes
Pharaohs
Vizer
High Priests and Nobles
Priests
Engineerings
Doctors
Scribes
Craftsman
Farmers
Slaves
Located in Africa
Natural Barriers
Desserts
Mountains
Mediterranean sea
Red sea
Nile River
Education
Age 14 sons joined their dads if lower
Higher status children went to school
Girls of wealthy nobles received education
Majority of women trained at home
Some attend village school/ school for certain careers
Most women trained for motherhood
Art
Paintings
Sculpture in wood stone or jewellery
Architecture
Gender Roles
Women
raised children
Responsible for family
Domestic relationship
Men
Taught the boys
Confucian Belief
Humaneness
Righteousness
Ritual propriety
Knowledge
Integrity
Phoenicians
Economics
Timber sales, woodworking, and cloth dying
They didn’t have many natural resources
They imported raw materials
Social Classes
Brahmins- priests
Kshatriyas- warriors
Visayas- herders, farmers, merchants, craftspeople,
Sudras- Farm workers, servants, laborer.
Political-
Kingship
Merchants were more powerful because they had more money and made more public affairs
Monarchy
Gained wealth and power by trading
64 bC the area became part of Roman province of Syria
Geography
Mediterranean Sea, now Syria, Lebanon, and northern Israel
Land is rocky and mountainous, unsuitable for farming
Lived mainly from the sea by fishing and trade
Mountain Ranges
Before
1200 BC
Religion
Polytheistic
No significant Phoenician temple had been discovered
The bible recounts human sacrifices by the Phoenicians
A cemetery contained thousands of urns of infants sacrificed to the gods
Noble families got into the habit of substituting animals and slaves for their children
Friday
Watched Sumerians presentation
- Went over presentation scores
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