HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
HISTORY 101
Topic Five:   Philistines, Hebrews, Assyrians, and Persians

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Identifications:
Identify and discuss the importance of the following items.
Hebrews, Phoenicians, Abraham, Moses, Exodus, David, Solomon, Nebuchadnezzar, Yahweh, Ark of the Covenant, Ten Commandments, Assyrians, Persians, Prophets, Satrapies, Royal Road, Zend Avesta, Ah, Zorastrianism, Babylonian Captivity, Medes, Darius,

Sir William Jones, Anatolia, Assyrians, Cappadocia, Httites, Kassites, Mitanni

1.  Compare and contrast the administrative structure and attitudes toward subject peoples of the Assyrian and Persian empires.
2.  Compare and contrast the religion of Persia with those of the Egyptians and Mesopotamians.
3.  How did the Hebrew state and religion differ from that of the Sumerians and the Egyptians?
4.  Discuss the development of Israel under David and Solomon.

Reading Assignment:  Coffin and Stacey, Chapter 2