1WH60_TG_FM_rpr5_12_v2.qxd:1WH60_TG_FM.qxd 5/2/12 9:49 AM Page 3 Sample from: 'The Nystrom Wolrd History Series' | Product code: NYS0474 | ISBN: 9780782509526 Available for purchase at www.nystromeducation.com or www.socialstudies.com Teacher’s Guide Contents 1 Empires of the Fertile Crescent..................4 17 Age of Exploration ...........................68 2 Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt .....................8 18 Maya, Aztec, and Inca .........................72 3 Dynasties of Ancient China ....................12 19 Europe in the Americas .......................76 4 Religions of Ancient India .....................16 20 Ghana, Mali, and Songhai .....................80 5 Ancient Greece ..............................20 21 Ottoman Empire .............................84 6 Alexander’s Empire...........................24 22 Reformation and Counter Reformation . 88 7 Roman Empire ..............................28 23 European Trading Empires ....................92 8 Barbarian Invasions of Roman Empire . 32 24 India and the Mughal Empire . 96 9 Silk Road and Eurasian Trade . 36 25 Independence in the Americas. 100 10 Byzantine Empire ............................40 26 Napoleon’s Europe . 104 11 Medieval Europe .............................44 27 Europe After the Congress of Vienna . 108 12 Spread of Islam..............................48 28 Africa Under Foreign Rule. 112 13 The Crusades ...............................52 29 World War I ................................116 14 China in the Middle Ages ......................56 30 World War II ...............................120 15 Mongol Conquests ...........................60 31 Cold War Conflicts . 124 16 Shogun Japan................................64 32 World Conflicts Since 1991 . 128 Samples are provided for evaluation purposes. Copying of the product or its parts for resale is prohibited. Additional restrictions may be set by the publisher. The Nystrom World History Series 1WH60_LS01_p004_007_rpr5_12.qxd:1WH60_LS01_p004_007_rpr5_12.qxd 5/2/12 8:40 AM Page 4 Sample from: 'The Nystrom Wolrd History Series' | Product code: NYS0474 | ISBN: 9780782509526 Available for purchase at www.nystromeducation.com or www.socialstudies.com page 4 Empires of the Fertile Crescent 1 3500–539 B.C. Key Elements The Nystrom world history Series I Fertile Crescent map 1 1 I TURKEY Caspian Mesopotamia means HITTITE 1813–1781 B.C. Assyria controls Sumer map Sea “land between rivers.” EMPIRE Kanesh upper Mesopotamia by force. S. S. S. S MT T S MT M T S MT RU ig RU E ig RU TAU ri TAU S ri TAU I s O s Nineveh Assyria and Babylonia map Euph R Z Euph R Z E Z ra . A ra P . A up A Cyprus te Cyprus te O Cyprus h s G s T G ra G KASSITE SYRIA R Ashur R t Ashur R R O IRAN Ebla R A O e O I . M s KINGDOM S S R S New Babylonian Empire map LEBANON M I M . M O Mari A O O Mediterranean U Mediterranean Akshak U Mediterranean U N SYRIAN DESERT N Akkad N I Sea ISRAEL SYRIAN TA Sea TA Sea SYRIAN TA Locator map DESERT IRAQ IN IN DESERT Babylon IN S 2 Sumer is the earliest Susa S S known civilization. Uruk Uruk JORDAN Persian Gulf Persian Gulf EGYPT Ur Persian Gulf SINAI SINAI Ur SINAI DESERT SAUDI DESERT DESERT 2 EGYPT ARABIAN 1792–1750 B.C. Babylonia Getting Started ARABIA conquers most of Assyria. Rivers and good soil KUWAIT DESERT To give students an overview of let people live Red Sea Red Sea and farm in the Empires of the Fertile Crescent, ask them: “Fertile Crescent.” Fertile Crescent Sumer, 3500–2350 B.C. Assyria and Babylonia Sumerian city-state, 2900 B.C. 1813–1600 B.C. G Fertile Crescent What part of the world is shown Present-day boundary Other city-state, 2900 B.C. Assyria, 1800 B.C. IRAQ Present-day country Mesopotamia on these maps? Babylonia, 1750 B.C. Babylonian conquest G What is the title of the main map? 50ºE A 1 G NATOLIA 612 B.C. Babylonians win control What years does the map cover? of most of Assyrian Empire. Caspian Kanesh a G Se What does the orange color Tigri . s S 605 B.C R represent? T . S M Carchemish EUROPE RU 60 G TAU 5 B.C. What do the arrows represent? s N n Nineveh a E ASIA G i up ns 35ºN Cyp c h a Z EDIA rus i ri M On the Fertile Crescent map, what ra sy Ashur n s A te A e s G does the green color represent? o R R AFRICA h . C P O . 60 G Medit B 5 s On the map, what do the errane B n S Sumer an 1 .C nia 0 . ylo B.C. Sea 6 s SYRIAN ab 539 red symbols represent? w B e ERSIA r DESERT P 612 B.C.– New Babylonian G b s M Which region is larger––the e Babylon n 539 B.C. Empire H a T Jerusalem ae S Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia? ld . ha C tline Assyrian Empire, 664 B.C. G EG coas On the Assyria and Babylonia map, YPT today Babylonian Empire, 600 B.C. Memph 3 is SINAI 587–586 B.C. Siege ends Babylonian attack what does the purple outline rebellion. Hebrew captives P . e R DESERT are taken to Babylon. r Persian attack e represent? l s i ia N Babylonian conquest 2 n 601 B.C. Babylonian Empire 4 fails to conquer Egypt. 539 B.C. Persian Empire G Persian conquest conquers Babylonians. u Teaching Notes and lf Assyrians Culture group R Desert Mapping Activities e ERT d ARABIAN DES Wetland S Birth of Civilization e 0 100 200 300 miles Thebes a 25ºN ~People of the Fertile Crescent 25ºN 0 100 200 300 kilometers ~New Babylonian Empire Empires of the Fertile Crescent MARKABLE 3456789-0-321 ~ DIVISION OF HERFF JONES, INC. Use water-soluble ink. Clean shortly after use. © NYSTROM Division of Herff Jones, Inc. Map No. WH1 1 1WH60_LS01_p004_007_rpr5_12.qxd:1WH60_LS01_p004_007_rpr5_12.qxd 2/27/13 9:40 AM Page 5 Sample from: 'The Nystrom Wolrd History Series' | Product code: NYS0474 | ISBN: 9780782509526 Available for purchase at www.nystromeducation.com or www.socialstudies.com Birth of Civilization Objective: To describe factors that led to the rise of the first civilization. Teaching Notes and Mapping Activity the trade symbol, draw a writing symbol . You or your students can mark the following on d. Canals were needed to drain marshes and irrigate fields. In the the Fertile Crescent map and the Sumer map. wetland area, draw a canal symbol . 1. Fertile Crescent agriculture The was ideal for . e. Organizing workers to build the canals required a more complex a. Rivers provided water and enriched the soil with minerals. On form of government than had previously existed. The result was the Fertile Crescent map, read and outline the callout. the first city-state. Under the canal symbol, draw a city-state sym- b. Much of the Fertile Crescent was dominated by two rivers, the bol . Tigris and the Euphrates. Trace these two rivers. 4. The Sumerians built the first civilization around 3500 B.C. Each c. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers had the richest Sumerian city-state was made up of a major city and the surround- soil in the Fertile Crescent. This area was called Mesopotamia, ing farms and had its own king and laws. the “land between the rivers.” Between the Tigris and Euphrates a. On the Sumer map, circle all the Sumerian city-states. Rivers, write MESOPOTAMIA. b. The Sumerians had a common language, culture, and religion. 2. Human society changed dramatically when people began to grow Below the Sumerian city states, write COMMON CUSTOMS. plants and raise animals. This was the beginning of agriculture. c. Many people no longer needed to grow their own food. They a. Agriculture began just north of the Fertile Crescent around 9000 traded their special skills for food and other supplies. Under B.C. In present-day Turkey, draw an agriculture symbol . COMMON CUSTOMS, write SPECIALIZED LABOR. b. People settled in areas with good soil and water for their crops. d. The Sumerians had a large enough population to build huge The earliest villages, Jericho and Catal Huyuk, were built around pyramid-like temples called ziggurats. Under SPECIALIZED 7000 B.C. West of the Taurus Mountains and in the southwest LABOR, draw a ziggurat symbol . corner of the Fertile Crescent, draw city symbols G. 3. The southern end of Mesopotamia presented unique challenges. + For further discussion: These challenges led to the first civilization. G How did the environment help lead to the development of the Sumerian Correlates with: a. The region was mainly wetlands. Circle the area of wetlands. civilization? G The Nystrom Atlas of b. People in this region had no stone or metal for tools. This G What characteristics are found in all World History, pages 8–11 meant that they needed to trade with other areas. Draw a line civilizations? G Mapping World History from the wetland area to the Persian Gulf. At the end of that Lesson 5 Have the students research and line, draw a trade symbol . + re-create a work of art from Sumer. c. People needed to keep records of trade. As a result, they devel- oped cuneiform, wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. Under 1 Empires of the Fertile Crescent page 5 1WH60_LS01_p004_007_rpr5_12.qxd:1WH60_LS01_p004_007_rpr5_12.qxd 2/27/13 9:41 AM Page 6 Sample from: 'The Nystrom Wolrd History Series' | Product code: NYS0474 | ISBN: 9780782509526 Available for purchase at www.nystromeducation.com or www.socialstudies.com People of the Fertile Crescent page 6 Objective: To locate different cultures of the Fertile Crescent. Teaching Notes and Mapping Activity 3. Civilizations outside of Mesopotamia became dominant. You or your students can mark the following on the Sumer map, the a. Egypt had a civilization almost as old as the Sumerian’s.