Western Civilization

Monogamy was the general rule, although a husband was allowed to keep additional wives if his first wife was childless. Pharaohs ...

Hatshepsut’s reign was a prosperous one, as is espe- cially evident in her building activity. She is most fa- mous for the templ ...

The peoples of Southwest Asia and Egypt laid the foundations of Western civilization. They developed cities and struggled with t ...

Key Terms Paleolithic Age(p. 3) Neolithic Revolution(p. 4) patriarchy(p. 5) Bronze Age(p. 6) civilization(p. 6) ziggurat(p. 7) t ...

C H A P T E R 2 The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires CHAPTER OUTLINE AND FOCUS QUESTIONS On the Fringes of Civilization Q ...

rendered his judgment: “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.” According to the biblical ...

migrations, around 2000B.C.E. they began major no- madic movements into Europe (including present-day Italy and Greece), India, ...

The Hebrews: “The Children of Israel” Q FOCUSQUESTIONS:To what extent did the Israelites establish a united state, and what beca ...

The southern kingdom of Judah was also forced to pay tribute to Assyria but managed to retain its inde- pendence as Assyrian pow ...

city and Temple. The revived kingdom of Judah remained under Persian control until the conquests of Alexander the Great in the f ...

of Israel and Judah were threatened by Assyrian and Chaldean conquerors. These “men of God” went through the land warning the Is ...

from other peoples, the prophets transcended this by embracing a concern for all humanity. All nations would someday come to the ...

Culturally, the Phoenicians are best known as transmitters. Instead of using pictographs or signs to represent whole words and s ...

much while independent, but they ultimately fell sub- ject to the Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Persians. The Assyrian Empire Q FOCU ...

territories and waged their own private military cam- paigns. Moreover, subject peoples, such as the Babylo- nians, greatly rese ...

Another factor in the Assyrians’ success was their ability to use various military tactics. The Assyrians were skilled at both w ...

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS The Governing of Empires: Two Approaches Both the Assyrians and the Persians created large empires that enco ...

The Persian Empire Q FOCUSQUESTION: What methods and institutions did the Persians use to amass and maintain their empire, and h ...

earlier in the sixth centuryB.C.E., to return to Jerusalem with their sacred Temple objects and to rebuild their Temple as well. ...

be laid.” This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him.^12 ...