A student's study-guide in ancient history; a combination of outlines, map work and questions to aid in visualizing, understanding and remembering the important facts of ancient history and in grasping a sense of the modern world's debt to the peoples of ancient times . e, and the name of theinvaders. QUESTIONS 1. Give an account of the ancient Egyp-tians, touching on classes of society andindustries. 2. Give an account of the religion ofancient Egypt, touching on the religionof the priests; the dieties of the popularmythology; animal worship. 3. Give an account of the reign of Psam-metichus I
A student's study-guide in ancient history; a combination of outlines, map work and questions to aid in visualizing, understanding and remembering the important facts of ancient history and in grasping a sense of the modern world's debt to the peoples of ancient times . e, and the name of theinvaders. QUESTIONS 1. Give an account of the ancient Egyp-tians, touching on classes of society andindustries. 2. Give an account of the religion ofancient Egypt, touching on the religionof the priests; the dieties of the popularmythology; animal worship. 3. Give an account of the reign of Psam-metichus I. Why was it of specialimportance ? 4. In what sciences did the Egyptiansmake their greatest progress? 0. How was their knowledge acquired? (1. Give a noted characteristic of Egyptianarchitecture and Egyptian an example of each. 7. Describe three ways in which Egyptcontributed to European civilization. WHAT EGYPT GAVE TO CIVILIZATION The discovery that the year consists of three hundred sixty-five andone-quarter days, and the idea of adding a whole day to every fourth year. The doctrine of immortality, or the belief that man has a soul thatlives after the death of his body. Ideas in sculpture, architecture, mathematics, astronomy andmedicine. 29. THE ORIENTAL NATIONS The Tigris-Euphrates Valley Old Babylonian or Chaldean Empire 3800 B. C—1250 B. C. MAP WORK Locate and name the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Write in the name by whicli the valley was called. Divide the Tigris-Euphrates valley into its northern or highland, and itssouthern or lowland parts. Write in the name by which each part was known. Locate Assur, Nineveh, Babylon, Ur and Nippur. Enclose and name the territor}-^ of the Old Babylonian empire. QUESTIONS 1. Describe the difference between tlienortliern and sovithern parts of theTigris-Euphrates valley. 2. Tell how the physical features of thecountry influenced the history of itsancient people. 3. What two races of people united toform the early
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