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