Ancient China
The Han Dynasty.
God specially chose these people. The would be captured/enslaved at different times but they also protected the Old Testament.
Explain Hammurabi.
Amorite king who made a code of laws. There were different penalties for people of different social classes.
Explain Hatshepsut.
Famous, and rare, female Pharaoh.
Explain how the 10 plagues attacked the Egyptian idols.
The 10 plagues undermined the idols' power because God used things associated with Egypts' gods to show His power over them. The idols could not protect Egypt like they were supposed to.
Dynast from which China may have gotten its name; and the first dynasty to see the provinces of China united under 1 strong, central government.
The Qin Dynasty
Ancient civilization especially known for their cruelty and who had their capital at Ninevah.
The Assyrian Empire/The Assyrians
Explain Frumentius.
A Roman citizen who was a missionary in Ancient Africa. He was believe to be a Syrian Christian.
Explain Rameses II
Pharaoh known as a great builder. During this Pharaoh's long reign, Egypt built mammoth temples and monuments.
Contributions of ancient China (Chapter 5).
Paper, magnetic compass, and gunpowder for fireworks.
Explain the Chaldean (or Babylonian) Empire
This empire had a quick rise and fall. Nebuchadnezzar was the proud ruler whom God humbled. This empire took the Israelites into the Babylonian Captivity.
Explain Phoenicians.
This civilization were the merchants of the Mediterranean. They also made a purple dye from a mollusk (a sea animal similar to a snail).
Explain Zoroaster
A Persian religious leader who rejected polytheism and instead worshipped Ahura Mazda. According to Zoroaster good and evil are 2 opposing forces and the world is a battle ground.
Explain Menes.
He is believed to have united upper and lower Egypt.
The parts of Chinese society impacted by Taoism and impacted by Confucianism.
Taoism became the basis of the mystical, magical, and superstitious elements of Chinese society. Confucianism became the guiding philosophy of China's educational, social, and political systems.
The 2 things that make the African civilization of Aksum unique.
Christianity and having a written language.
The difference between astronomy and astrology.
Astronomy is the study of celestial bodies and astrology is using planets and stars to predict the future.
Explain Sargon.
He came to power in the city state of Kush. He conquered other city-states to establish an empire.
Ancient China
The 5 relationships that Confucius focused on
Father and Son, Older and Younger Brothers, Husband and Wife, Friend and Friend, and Ruler and Subjects
A province of Egypt who won independence and even established a line of pharaohs.
Kush
Explain Hittites.
They used iron weapons and horse-drawn chariots. They were eventually absorbed by other cultures.
Explanation of Cyrus the Great
Leader of the Persian empire. He was one of the greatest conquerors who ever lived. God used him to free the Israelites from the Babylonian captivity.
Explain a positive AND a negative aspect of China's isolation.
Positive: They could strongly develop their culture; they did not have to constantly fight off invaders, etc.
Negative: They could not benefit and help others through trade, Christianity was not spread there