1. Egypt
1.1. Heart
1.1.1. Nile River and Nile Delta
1.1.1.1. Begins in East Africa
1.1.1.1.1. Two Rivers
1.2. Location
1.2.1. Northeastern Africa
1.3. History
1.3.1. First dynasty of Egypt
1.3.1.1. Pharaoh who united Egypt: Menes
1.3.1.1.1. built his capital at Memphis
1.3.2. Dynasties
1.3.2.1. thirty
1.3.3. Old Kingdom Government
1.3.3.1. All-powerful pharaoh
1.3.3.2. Pharaoh's word was law for all Ancient Egypt History
1.3.3.3. Local government; government of the nomes
1.3.4. Pyramid
1.3.4.1. tomb for pharaohs
1.3.4.2. most famous located at Giza
1.3.5. First Intermediate Period
1.3.5.1. usurped Pharaoh's power at the end of Old Kingdom
1.3.5.1.1. nobles
1.3.5.1.2. governer of the nomes
1.3.6. Middle Kingdom
1.3.6.1. interedted in trade and commerce
1.3.6.2. had Thebes as its capital
1.3.7. Second Intermediate Period
1.3.7.1. Period of Hyksos
1.3.7.1.1. People originated from Western Asia
1.3.7.2. between the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom
1.3.8. New Kingdom
1.3.8.1. nobles overthrown Hyksos rulers
1.3.8.2. Most famous dynasties pharaoh
1.3.8.2.1. Eighteenth
1.3.8.2.2. Nineteenth
1.3.8.2.3. Twentieth
1.3.8.3. military policy
1.3.8.3.1. expansionist
1.3.8.4. Pharaoh
1.3.8.4.1. Ramses II
1.3.9. One of Greatest Pharaohs
1.3.9.1. Thutmose III
1.3.9.1.1. invaded Syria and Palestine
1.3.9.1.2. conquered most territory of any pharaohs
1.3.9.1.3. son
1.3.10. Ikhnaton
1.3.10.1. brought relligious movement toward single god
1.3.10.1.1. Aton
1.3.11. Gods
1.3.11.1. Ra
1.3.11.1.1. sun god
1.3.11.2. Osiris
1.3.11.2.1. god of the dead
1.3.12. Egypt Society
1.3.12.1. the Pharaoh his court, and the nobility
1.3.12.1.1. lived very comfortable lives
1.3.12.2. the masses of people below
1.3.12.2.1. majority was poor and lived hard lives
1.3.13. Art
1.3.13.1. famous paintings
1.3.13.1.1. tomb
2. Creation
2.1. Information
2.1.1. True
2.1.1.1. God created us in His image and for a purpose
2.1.1.1.1. Wickedness and evil then filled the world
2.1.2. False
2.1.2.1. Theory of Evolution states that everything comes from an evolved one cell
2.1.2.1.1. Man evolved from ape-like creature
3. Mesopotamia
3.1. Location of:
3.1.1. Garden of Eden
3.1.2. Plain of Shinar
3.2. Rivers
3.2.1. called Sumer by Sumerians
3.2.2. Tigris
3.2.3. Euphrates
3.3. City-state
3.3.1. centered-city temple: ziggurat
3.3.1.1. business and social life took place near
3.3.1.2. best preserved in: Ur of the Chaldees
3.3.1.2.1. Abraham have ever lived
3.3.2. house
3.3.2.1. rulers
3.3.2.1.1. palace
3.3.2.2. ordinary citizens
3.3.2.2.1. small, one-story houses built of sun dried clay
3.3.3. Sumerians
3.3.3.1. communication
3.3.3.1.1. wedged-shape writing: cuneiform
3.3.3.2. invention
3.3.3.2.1. arch and the dome
3.4. Descendants of Shem, Noah's son: Semites
3.5. Akkadians
3.5.1. a group of Semite nomads who conquered Mesopotamia and took over Sumerian city-state
3.5.1.1. took over cuneiform writing system
3.6. Babylonia
3.6.1. North Arabia origined
3.6.1.1. made Babylon their main city
3.7. Hammurabi
3.7.1. greatest ruler of Babylonians
3.7.1.1. 1700 B.C.
3.7.2. great lawgiver
3.7.3. great collector
3.7.3.1. collection: Code of Hammurabi
3.7.3.1.1. important in the field of law
3.8. Babylonian Society
3.8.1. three distinct groups
3.8.1.1. first
3.8.1.1.1. rulers, priests, nobles, rich merchants, and bankers
3.8.1.2. second
3.8.1.2.1. small shopkeepers, farmers, scribes, artisans
3.8.1.3. third
3.8.1.3.1. slaves
3.9. Assyria
3.9.1. Northern Mesopotamia
3.9.1.1. known for their great cruelty
3.9.1.1.1. burned cities and killed many people in Babylonia
3.9.1.1.2. oppressed the subjects of the empire
3.9.2. boasted cruelty in their writing and inscriptions
3.9.3. Conquered Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 B.C.
3.9.3.1. brough ten tribes to Mesopotamia and then were lost among peoples of the world
3.9.4. settle descendants of colonists: Samaritans of New Testament times
3.10. Chaldeans
3.10.1. overthrow Assyrians i n612 B.C.
3.10.2. also called New Babylonians
3.10.3. greatest king of the empire
3.10.3.1. Nebuchadrezzar
3.10.3.1.1. ruled Babylon