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Lifetime of Lucy
Lucy was alive 4 million years ago. They were bipeds and omnivori -
Homo Habilis
They were alive 2 million years ago. They were bipeds, omnivori, had bigger brains than Lucy, makes/uses tools -
Homo Erectus
They were alive 1.8 million years ago. They were bipeds, omnivori, they have a bigger brain than the Homo Habilis, makes/uses tools, they had fire -
Neanderthals
Lived less than 500 years ago. They are bipeds,omnivori, they have a bigger brain than the Homo Erectus, makes/uses tools, they had fire, community/religion -
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
They are modern humans. They are bipeds, omnivori, they have a bigger brain than the Neanderthals, make/uses tools, they had fire, community/religon, crops, communication -
Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer
Sumer was an ancient region and civilization located in southern Iraq (Mesopotamia). Some geographic features that are in Sumer are the river valley and the fertile soil. Their government was based off of a monarchy, the believed the king established rule through divine rights. -
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh was the king of Mesopaatamia. He was very mean. He had met a friend named Enkidu. They went on many great adventures together. But soon after Enkidu died. So Gilgamesh wen on a journey to find a way to get emortality. But instead he had to get the flower of youth. But after he had got it a snake ate it. And he had died. -
Abraham
He was 75 and married to Sarai. He lived in Haran Canaan. He made a long journey from there to Shechem Canaan. -
Hammurabi's Code
Hammurabi was supposed to lead the city of Ur. His code was very injust I believe. He made laws about adultry, robbery, and many other things. One important law was if you rob a house and you are caught, you will be hung in the hole that you had made. Very violent. -
Joseph goes th Egypt and the Israelites
When Pharaoh came to power all of Josephs people were put to more work. And also used as slaves. Pharaoh would not let his people go. (Think of the movie Prince of Eygpt). He had tried to do many things to make Pharaoh re consider. Then when Pharaoh's son was killled he had let them go. -
Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments
Moses was an adopted son of the Pharaoh's sister. He lived in the palacce and found out who he was. (Prince of Egypt beginning of movie). The Ten Commandments are important becasue it helps to shapethe moral laws of many nations. The Exodus is important because it is the memory of the day that the Jews were brought out of slavery in Egypt. -
The Time of the Judges / The Time Before Kings
Deborah was one of the judges. She was very willing to give good info as a Judge. Happend approximatley in the middle of the 13th century, to the middle of the 11th century BCE -
The Reign of David
David became king when Saul died. He took on Goliath in a battle of gods. One obsticle that he faced was proving to Goliath that his god was real. Also becoming unpopular and going into hiding. This happened in about 1013-973 BCE. -
Elijah
Gave himself to God. It happened about 875-853 BCE -
Siege of Lachish
It acctually happend in 701 BCE.
*They prayed that things would get better
*A lot of misery and feelings of defeat
*Sennacherib responded by brutally seizing the cities of Judah
*Everything that happened during that war was written on walls -
Siege of Jerusalem
It actually happened in 587 BCE.
*the people had lacked common sense
*Nebuchadnezer picked a governer for Judah. His name wad Gedalian
*The Judean army deserts Jerusalem along with the king
*King Zedekian refusal to Jeremiahs idea of surrendering to Nebuchadnezer
*Many leading figures of Judah were called to Babylon after Nebuchadnezer took over -
Indus Valley Civilization
They surived by making crops and raising animals because they were by the river. So they had water and that was all they needed for everything else. There was also a big tank in the Mohenjo-Daro. The actual event was in 2000BCE -
The Aryan Invasion and The Vedas
The actual date of the event was in 1700BCE -
The Ascetics and The Upandishads
The actual date of this event was in 700 - 500 BCE