100 PIONTS AND BRAINSLEST PROMISE Use the content from the lessons in Module Two to complete the chart below.

MESOPOTAMIA
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

EGYPT
Nile River Valley

INDUS RIVER VALLEY
India and Pakistan

EAST RIVER VALLEY
Phoenicians and Israelites

SOCIAL

Israelites and Phoenicians shared this area.

POLICAL

Aryans brought with them the concept of "Rajah."

RELIGION

They practiced polytheism and related the pharaoh to a god. They also believed in life after death.

INTELLECT

The Israelites followed the Ten Commandments, and the Phoenicians created an alphabet like we use today.

TECHNOLOGY

They had the first walled cities and created the iron plow, sail, and wheel.

ECONOMY

They traded with Mesopotamia and built granaries to store surplus.

They relied on farming and trade.

Assignment: Choose FOUR of the questions below. Using details from the chart and the information in the lessons, answer each question in three or more sentences. Be sure to answer the questions in your own words using.

What is a Theocracy? Which civilizations were governed under this method?

Compare & contrast Ziggurats & Pyramids. What functions did they serve, which groups of people within the society built them; when were they built?

Select one written work from THREE of the ancient societies and summarize what they wrote about.

The Phoenicians gave two important contributions to the world. Describe these two things and explain their importance.