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Chapter 7 Military Empires

Chapter 7 Military Empires. Ms. Smith 8 th Grade Social Studies . Today’s Agenda 1-14-14. Map Activity -Quiz Grade 119 125 715 NEATNESS COUNTS!!!. Plot Points Plot Points Mediterranean Sea Caspian Sea Red Sea Babylon Media Tigris River Euphrates River Nile River Persian Gulf

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Chapter 7 Military Empires

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  1. Chapter 7 Military Empires Ms. Smith 8th Grade Social Studies

  2. Today’s Agenda 1-14-14 • Map Activity -Quiz Grade • 119 • 125 • 715 • NEATNESS COUNTS!!! Plot Points • Plot Points • Mediterranean Sea • Caspian Sea • Red Sea • Babylon • Media • Tigris River • Euphrates River • Nile River • Persian Gulf • Nineveh • Asia • Jerusalem • Egypt

  3. Today’s Agenda Postcard Activity Directions: Imagine you are a tourist in ancient Babylonia. (Section 2 page 120) Make a postcard to send to your family back in America. Front – draw an illustration of an area or feature of the city of Babylon. Back (lined) – write a note to your family about your impression of the city and the daily life of it’s people.

  4. Chapter 7 Vocabulary • Empire – several territories governed by a single ruler or nation. • Smelting – a process developed by the Hittites that heated iron ore then pounded it out and cooling it.

  5. Chapter 7 Vocabulary • Provinces – political districts the Assyrians divided their empire into. • Caravans – groups of traveling merchants who traded goods such as pottery, cloth, and baskets.

  6. Chapter 7 Vocabulary • Astronomers – people who collect, study, and explain facts about the heavenly bodies • Nebuchadnezzar – Babylonian ruler who built the Hanging Gardens for his wife.

  7. Chapter 7 Vocabulary • Babylon – rich capital city of the Chaldean empire. • Persians – people who separated from the Aryans ; established Persia in modern-day Iraq.

  8. Did you know? Many English words com from Ancient Persia by way of the Greek language, which is now modern-day Iran? Flowers such as rose, jasmine, lilac, and narcissus. Foods such as asparagus, orange, peach, rice, and spinach. Other words such as tapestry, tiara, and tiger

  9. Today’s Agenda Notes – Vocabulary 1-8 Video – 7 Wonders of the Ancient World Return classwork/tests

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