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Recorded MS
History
The Ancient World, Part One

Join this course to learn about the world’s first cultures in the Near East and the development of civilization through Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Fertile Crescent. (This course fits with the Ancient Era of the Grade School Unit Study Program for grades 3-6 so that your whole family can study the same era at the same time. See “Dawn of History” for the high school equivalent.)

Total classes: 12

Prerequisite: None

Suggested grade level: 7th to 8th

Suggested credit: 1 full semester History, Ancient History, or World History

Description

The Ancient World Part 1 will introduce students to the world’s first cultures in the Near East and trace the development of civilization through Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Fertile Crescent. The course will study both the politics and culture of these ancient cultures–including ancient Israel–and will set the stage for the study of Greece and Rome in the second part of the course.

Outline

Week 1: Origin of Civilization

Week 2: Old Kingdom Egypt

Week 3: Ancient Sumeria

Week 4: Middle Kingdom Egypt

Week 5: New Kingdom Egypt

Week 6: Hittites & Mitanni

Week 7: Canaanites

Week 8: Ancient Hebrews

Week 9: The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel

Week 10: The Assyrians

Week 11: The Babylonian Empire

Week 12: The Persian Empire

Materials and Homework

Course Materials: The Book of the Ancient World by Dorothy Mills (ISBN # 9781547702381) (https://www.amazon.com/Book-Ancient-World-2ED-Reader/dp/1547702389/)

Homework: Homework will consist of weekly readings and completing quizzes each week in Moodle. The estimated time is one to two hours per week.

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