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WHAT WAS THE FERTILE CRESCENT? 
THE FERTILE CRESCENT 
WAS THE CIVILIZATIONS 
OF AN ANCIENT REGION 
OF THE MIDDLE EAST
WHAT WERE THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN 
THE MIDDLE EAST? 
THE ANCIENT 
CIVILIZATIONS WERE 
MESOPOTAMIA, 
PHOENICIA AND ISRAEL
THE FIRST CIVILIZATION WAS CALLED 
MESOPOTAMIA 
TODAY MESOPOTAMIA IS 
KNOWN AS IRAQ 
EARLIEST KNOWN CITIES IN 
THE REGION WERE SUMER, 
BABYLONIA AND AKKAD 
SUMERIANS WORSHIPED 
MANY GODS (POLYTHEISM)
WHAT WERE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS 
OF THE SUMERIANS?? 
SUMERIANS INVENTED THE 
WHEEL 
SUMERIANS WERE SOME OF 
THE EARLIEST FARMERS 
SUMERIANS WERE SOME OF 
THE FIRST TO USE A 
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
WHAT WERE SOME OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS 
IN THE MESOPOTAMIA REGION?? 
THE HAMMURABI’S CODE 
CUNEIFORM
WHAT WAS THE HAMMURABI CODE??
WHAT WAS CUNEIFORM?? 
CUNEIFORM WAS A GROUP 
OF WEDGES AND LINES 
USED TO WRITE SEVERAL 
LANGUAGES OF THE 
FERTILE CRESCENT
MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATIONS 
PHOENICIA WAS A MAJOR 
SEA POWER 
THE GREEKS CALLED THEM 
PHOENICIANS BUT WHAT 
THEY CALLED THEMSELVES 
IS UNKNOWN 
ITS WEALTH CAME FROM 
TRADE
WHAT MAJOR CONTRIBUTION DID WE GET 
FROM THE PHOENICIANS?? 
MOST IMPORTANT 
CONTRIBUTION OF 
THE PHOENICIANS 
WAS AN ALPHABETIC 
WRITING SYSTEM 
WHICH BECAME OUR 
CURRENT DAY 
ALPHABET
RISE OF THE ISRAELITES 
THE RELIGION PRACTICED 
BY THE ISRAELITES WAS 
VERY DIFFERENT FROM 
OTHER RELIGIONS 
(MONOTHEISM) 
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 
ARE THE CORE BELIEF OF 
JUDAISM
RISE OF THE ISRAELITES 
JUDAISM HAS INFLUENCED 
OTHER MAJOR RELIGIONS 
OF THE WORLD
ALRIGHT!!! QUESTION TIME 
1. WHAT WAS THE FERTILE CRESCENT? 
2. NAME SOME OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN THE 
MIDDLE EAST? 
3. NAME SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE 
SUMERIANS?? 
4. WHAT WAS THE HAMMURABI CODE?
ALMOST FINISHED 
5. WHAT WAS CUNEIFORM? 
6. WHAT MAJOR CONTRIBUTION DID WE GET FROM THE 
PHOENICIANS? 
7. WHAT WAS THE CORE BELIEF OF JUDAISM CALLED?

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Fertile crescent

  • 1.
  • 2. WHAT WAS THE FERTILE CRESCENT? THE FERTILE CRESCENT WAS THE CIVILIZATIONS OF AN ANCIENT REGION OF THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 3. WHAT WERE THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST? THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WERE MESOPOTAMIA, PHOENICIA AND ISRAEL
  • 4. THE FIRST CIVILIZATION WAS CALLED MESOPOTAMIA TODAY MESOPOTAMIA IS KNOWN AS IRAQ EARLIEST KNOWN CITIES IN THE REGION WERE SUMER, BABYLONIA AND AKKAD SUMERIANS WORSHIPED MANY GODS (POLYTHEISM)
  • 5. WHAT WERE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUMERIANS?? SUMERIANS INVENTED THE WHEEL SUMERIANS WERE SOME OF THE EARLIEST FARMERS SUMERIANS WERE SOME OF THE FIRST TO USE A IRRIGATION SYSTEM
  • 6. WHAT WERE SOME OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE MESOPOTAMIA REGION?? THE HAMMURABI’S CODE CUNEIFORM
  • 7. WHAT WAS THE HAMMURABI CODE??
  • 8. WHAT WAS CUNEIFORM?? CUNEIFORM WAS A GROUP OF WEDGES AND LINES USED TO WRITE SEVERAL LANGUAGES OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT
  • 9. MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATIONS PHOENICIA WAS A MAJOR SEA POWER THE GREEKS CALLED THEM PHOENICIANS BUT WHAT THEY CALLED THEMSELVES IS UNKNOWN ITS WEALTH CAME FROM TRADE
  • 10. WHAT MAJOR CONTRIBUTION DID WE GET FROM THE PHOENICIANS?? MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF THE PHOENICIANS WAS AN ALPHABETIC WRITING SYSTEM WHICH BECAME OUR CURRENT DAY ALPHABET
  • 11. RISE OF THE ISRAELITES THE RELIGION PRACTICED BY THE ISRAELITES WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER RELIGIONS (MONOTHEISM) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE THE CORE BELIEF OF JUDAISM
  • 12. RISE OF THE ISRAELITES JUDAISM HAS INFLUENCED OTHER MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
  • 13. ALRIGHT!!! QUESTION TIME 1. WHAT WAS THE FERTILE CRESCENT? 2. NAME SOME OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST? 3. NAME SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUMERIANS?? 4. WHAT WAS THE HAMMURABI CODE?
  • 14. ALMOST FINISHED 5. WHAT WAS CUNEIFORM? 6. WHAT MAJOR CONTRIBUTION DID WE GET FROM THE PHOENICIANS? 7. WHAT WAS THE CORE BELIEF OF JUDAISM CALLED?