World History			Early Civilizations				Mr. T (god of thunder)

1.  Pre-Civilizations
	-roleplay
-Neolithic Stone Age
	-agricultural revolution
	-specialization of labor
       -religion
		-importance, role and use 
		-polytheism vs. monotheism
		-theocracy
	-evolution to a kingdom
	-four river valley civilizations

2.  Mesopotamia, Fertile Crescent
	-Tigris & Euphrates
	-pictogram game
	-Sumerians
		-achievements, cuneiform
		-assimilation
	-Akkadians
		-Sargon I
		-relative gender equality
	-Babylonians
		-Code of Hammurabi
		-reading of Hammurabi’s code
	-Hittites
		-achievements
	-Assyrians
		-achievements
		-style of rule
	-Neo-Babylonians / Chaldeans
		-Nebuchadnezzar
		-achievements

3.  Egypt
	-Upper & Lower Kingdoms
		-Narmur / Menes 3100 BC
	-society & religious beliefs
		-reasons pharaoh considered a god
		-pyramids, hieroglyphs
-Civil War and Hyksos invasion
	   -lessons learned
-New Kingdom
      -Ramses II, Hatshepsut, Akhenaton, Tutankhaton
      
4. Israelites
-Semitic peoples
-Abraham
-Ishmael & Isaac
-Jacob & Joseph
-Moses & the Exodus
	-YHVH & the covenant
	   -why did the Israelites need it?
	-Ark of the Covenant
	   -its function
		-Israelites vs. Philistines
	-Kings David & Solomon & the split
		-the Temple of YHVH

5.  India  pgs.8, 14
	-pictionary
-Indus River
	-Mohenjo-Dara & Harappa
	-Indo-European/ Aryan invasion
		-Ganges Kingdoms
		-Vedas
	-Hinduism
		-brahman, reincarnation, suttee, moksha 
-Caste System
        -Buddhism & Siddhartha Gautama
	-Eight-fold path
	-nirvana
        -Chandragupta & Asoka Maurya

6.  China pgs. 9, 15
        -Huang He and Yangtse
        -Shang, Zhou and Mandate of Heaven
	-achievements
        -Philosophy & Religion
	-Ying & Yang
	-Confucianism & Legalism
	-Daoism
        -Shi Huangdi & Han Empire
	
5.  Map Locations
	-Asia Minor
	-Canaan / Israel
	-Egypt
	-Fertile Crescent
	-Mediterranean Sea
	-Mesopotamia
	-Nile
	-Red Sea
	-Euphrates River
	-Tigris River