Hebrews, Mesopotamians, Early Greeks

August 2026

Primary Source

Written first-handed

Agricultural Revolution

Stopped hunting, preferred farming

Specialization of Labor

Everyone was responsible for their own job

Polytheism

Believing Multiple Divine Gods

Ziggurats

Temple to worship Gods

Abraham

Father of Judaism

Hammurabi

Creator of oldest written laws

Covenant

Promise from God

Irrigation

Using water from trenches to water crops

Hebrews

Semitic speaking natives

Athens

Philosophical City-State

Monarchy

Ruled by one leader

Oligarchy

Rules by a small group of people

Peninsula

Piece of land sticking out from mainland

Demos

Of the people

Partenon

Temple to honor Athena

Lycurgus

Spartan Leader

Secondary Source

Written from a primary source

Domestication of Animals

Tamed before use as source of food

Monotheism

Believing one, divide god

Fertile Crescent

Shape of Region

10 Commandments

Rules created from God

Moses

Parted the Red Sea

Cuneiform

Writing created by Sumerians

Civilizations and Rivers

A large society built by fresh water

Sargon I

Mesopotamian ruler who founded the Akkadian Empire

Torah

Sacred text of Judaism

Sparta

War City-state

Democracy

Ruled by the people

Myths

Traditional Stories

Deity

Divine angel-being

Kratos

Rule, power

Persian Empire

Known for having the most conquests

Tigris and Euphrates

Rivers that surround Mesopotamia