World History, Grades 9-12

82 Chapter 3 The next 200 years were confusing for the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Sometimes they fought each other; somet ...

The Flood Story The tale of a devastating flood appears among the legends of ancient peoples throughout the world. In some versi ...

Chapter 3 Assessment Three Major Religions Many gods, all faces of Brahman Vedas; Upanishads, Mahabharata, and others Books on t ...

People and Ideas on the Move 85 The following passage tells how the Hebrews asked the prophet Samuel to appoint their king. Use ...

First Age of Empires, 1570 B.C.–200 B.C. Previewing Main Ideas Groups from Africa to China sought to conquer other groups and sp ...

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Merchants traveling in caravans, such as this one, cross the Fertile Crescent and travel the Silk Roads from China. An armed cav ...

Following Chronological Order Use a time line to identify important events in the history of Egypt and Nubia. TAKING NOTES 1570 ...

90 Chapter 4 The New Kingdom of Egypt After overthrowing the Hyksos, the pharaohs of the New Kingdom (about 1570–1075 B.C.) soug ...

erected grand buildings. In search of security in the afterlife—and protection from grave robbers—they hid their splendid tombs ...

of imposing their own culture, the Libyans adopted the Egyptian way of life. When the Nubians came north to seize power, they to ...

Kushite princes went to Egypt. They learned the Egyptian language and wor- shiped Egyptian gods. They adopted the customs and cl ...

94 Chapter 4 However, Piankhi’s dynasty proved short-lived. In 671 B.C., the Assyrians, a war- like people from Southwest Asia, ...

First Age of Empires 95 MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW TERMS & NAMES EMPIRE BUILDINGAssyria developed a military machine and e ...

96 Chapter 4 When the city gates finally splintered, the Assyrians showed no mercy. They killed or enslaved their vic- tims. To ...

First Age of Empires 97 The Empire Crumbles Ashurbanipal proved to be one of the last of the mighty Assyrian kings. Assyrian pow ...

98 Chapter 4 of a new empire, more than 1,000 years after Hammurabi had ruled there. A Chaldean king named Nebuchadnezzar (NEHB• ...

First Age of Empires 99 MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW TERMS & NAMES EMPIRE BUILDINGBy governing with tolerance and wisdom, th ...

Cyrus also allowed the Jews, who had been driven from their homeland by the Babylonians, to return to Jerusalem in 538 B.C. Unde ...

Provinces and SatrapsAlthough Darius was a great warrior, his real genius lay in administration. To govern his sprawling empire, ...