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Geography & Early History of the Middle East. N O R T H E R N Tier. Anatolia Plateau. Fertile. Iranian Plateau. Dry. Arabian Peninsula. The Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia “Land Between the Rivers”. VALLEY. NILE. Maghreb. Chapter 25 Section 2. Early Civilizations. Sumer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Anatolia Plateau
Iranian Plateau
Fertile
Dry
Chapter 25 Section 2
Early Civilizations
Sumer•3500 B.C.•Tigris and Euphrates•All-knowing priests•Ziggurat•Cuneiform
Sumer•3500 B.C.•Tigris and Euphrates•All-knowing priests•Ziggurat•Cuneiform
•Satraps•Well-Built Roads•Coinage•Diverse Languages
•Satraps•Well-Built Roads•Coinage•Diverse Languages
Greek and Roman Influences• Hellenistic Civilizations–Alexander of Macedonia–Alexandria–Blended Mediterranean and Middle East–HEY SHOW THE WITNESS HISTORY VIDEO
• Roman conquests–A.D. 115–Allowed Egyptian and Persian cultures to flow
westward–WITNESS HISTORY VIDEO
Chapter 25 Section 3
Judaism and Christianity
•Hebrews•King Saul•King David•King Solomon•Diaspora
•God chose a special people.•Torah outline standards of conduct for everyday life.•Ten Commandments
•Gospels•The prophets•Messiah•A.D. 33 arrested by the Romans.
•Romans suspicious of Christians.•Martyrs•A.D. 313 Constantine•Pope•Byzantine