The Life of Jesus
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Chapter 37 — The Beginning of Christianity Jesus stood and said in a loud I am the good
voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let shepherd; I lay down
him come to me and drink.” my life for the sheep.
John 7:37 John 10:14-15
Then Jesus declared, “I am the Take my yoke upon you and
bread of life. He who comes learn from me, for I am gentle
to me will never go hungry, and humble in heart, and you
and he who believes in me will
will find rest for your souls.
never be thirsty.” Matthew 11:29
John 6:35
Student Page 109 “I am the vine; you are the Jesus answered, “I am the way
branches. If a man remains in and the truth and the life …”
me and I in him, he will bear
much fruit; apart from me you John 14:6
can do nothing.” I am with you always, even to
John 15:5 the very end of the age.
Matthew 28:20
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The Star of David
The Flag of Modern Israel
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Doing History 0 SOTW1 The Earliest People 1 SOTW1
Historians who dig objects One of the best places for
out of the ground are called nomads to live was in an area
archaeologists. Archaeologists called the Fertile Crescent.
discover things people left Rich grass, wild barley, and
behind in old villages, sift wild wheat grew there. The
through remains, and study nomads kept coming back
ruins. Learning about history to this rich place until finally
from what is left behind is they began to settle there.
called archaeology.
Egyptians on the Nile 2 SOTW1 The First Writing 3 SOTW1
Two groups of Egyptians Egyptians wrote in stone, but
lived on the Nile, the Lower the Sumerians wrote on clay
and Upper Kingdoms. King tablets. Their picture writing
Narmer united the two king- was called cuneiform. Later
doms and ruled both. He the Egyptians learned how to
put the two crowns together: make a kind of paper called
the white Upper Kingdom papyrus. It was easier to write
crown inside the red Lower on, but didn’t last as long as
Kingdom’s crown. stones.
The Old Kingdom of Egypt 4 SOTW1 The First Sumerian Dictator 5 SOTW1
Cheops spent over 20 years Like Egypt, the kingdoms of
building his pyramid, which Sumeria were quarreling. One
is known as the Great Pyra- king conquered the others,
mid. This pyramid even has the Akkadian king, Sargon.
its own watch dog, a mysteri- His army was strong and fear-
ous monument known as the less, forcing people to pay
Great Sphinx. taxes to Sargon under threat
of severe punishment. This is
called a military dictatorship.
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The Jewish People 6 SOTW1 Hammurabi / Babylonians 7 SOTW1
Abraham did what God told Hammurabi was a great king
him to do. He had a son: of Babylon. He didn’t want
Isaac. Isaac had a son named people to obey him just be-
Jacob. Jacob had 12 sons! cause his army was strong. He
These 12 sons all had families wanted his empire to be gov-
of their own. Abraham’s fam- erned by just laws. He wrote
ily was getting larger and larg- down all the laws in stone.
er. These 12 sons name the 12 They are the first set of writ-
tribes of the Jewish people. ten laws we know of.
The Assyrians 8 SOTW1 The First Cities of India 9 SOTW1
The Assyrians, a powerful The cities in the Indus Valley
kingdom from the north, took were built around huge cir-
over much of Mesopotamia. cular mounds called citadels.
Both the Babylonians and the Each citadel had a stronghold
Assyrians told stories about a in it—a place to go in case
great, mythical king named enemies attacked. All around
Gilgamesh. He was half god the citadel people build their
and half man, able to lift huge houses our of mud bricks.
stones with one hand and leap
over high walls.
Ancient China 10 SOTW1 Ancient Africa 11 SOTW1
Empress Lei Zu and her court Long ago, the Sahara Desert
made the wonderful cloth was a fertile place full of water
called silk, discovered when a and trees. But then something
cocoon had dropped into her happened. Rain did not fall,
tea. They fed the silk worms grass died, and the ground
mulberry leaves and waited dried up. The people of the
for the precious threads of Sahara went south where they
silk. China soon became fa- settled around lakes and rivers
mous for its silk, made only and began a new life.
there!
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The Middle Kingdom 12 SOTW1 The New Kingdom of Egypt 13 SOTW1
Egyptians were overrun by After the Egyptians kicked
the Hyksos from Canaan. out the Hyksos, Egypt be-
They hated their Hyksos came more powerful. This is
kings! Finally, a group of called the Golden Age of Egypt.
Egyptian princes, using the Many pharaohs came and
weapons of the Hyksos such went. But four of the most
as the sickle-shaped swords important ones include Thut-
and chariots, drove out the mose I, Hatshepsut, Amenho-
Hyksos. Egypt became stron- tep, and Tutankhamen.
ger than ever!
The Israelites Leave Egypt 14 SOTW1 The Phoenicians 15 SOTW1
This part of Israel’s history is Northern Canaan wasn’t a
called the Exodus. Moses led good place to grow food. So
the Jewish people away from the Phoenicians put boats in
slavery in Egypt, where they the water and became the best
were serving the pharaoh. The sailors in the ancient world.
Israelites moved back to Ca- They made beautiful purple
naan and lived there for many cloth and blown glass. Car-
years. In time, they became thage was founded by Dido, a
a powerful kingdom in their famous Phoenician princess.
own right.
The Return of Assyria 16 SOTW1 Babylon Takes Over Again! 17 SOTW1
The Assyrians rebelled against Now the Babylonians wanted
their masters, the Babylo- revenge! Their empire was
nians. One of the greatest almost as big as the Assyr-
Assyrian kings, Ashurbanipal, ians’. One Babylonian king
led the strong army as far as was such a famous ruler that
Egypt, making his nation he was known as “Nebuchad-
rich. But he was not happy nezzar the Great.” He built a
until he collected all the clay beautiful mountain with gar-
tablets, forming the world’s dens for his Persian wife.
first library.
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Life in Early Crete 18 SOTW1 The Early Greeks 19 SOTW1
Crete is a long, skinny island Crete was then taken over by
in the Mediterranean Sea. the Mycenaeans from Greece.
The Minoans who lived there They were great fighters be-
entertained themselves by cause they had bronze weap-
leaping over bulls! They were ons and chariots. But the Bar-
also known for their ship- barians and Dorians defeated
building. They made the seas them. These people didn’t
safe. But they mysteriously keep records so we call this
disappeared. time the Greek Dark Ages.
Greece Gets Civilized 20 SOTW1 The Medes and Persians 21 SOTW1
The longer the barbarians lived The Babylonians and the
in Greece, the more civilized Medes destroyed Assyria, but
they became. They no longer they weren’t in charge long!
wandered around looking for A new nation gained control
cities to attack. Instead, they under the leadership of Cyrus
settled into villages. They the Great. He was a strong
became Greeks. They used warrior, but he was also a
their own alphabet and began good and fair king. He was
to write down stories about called “The Anointed of the
themselves. Lord” by the Jews.
Sparta and Athens 22 SOTW1 The Greek Gods 23 SOTW1
The Greeks all spoke the same The Greeks believed in a
language, dressed the same, whole family of gods. They
and worshipped the same. were polytheists. Sometimes
But the Greeks didn’t all obey the gods were helpful. Other
a single king. Instead, each times they were cruel, such as
Greek city made its own laws. the time the chief god, Zeus,
Each had its own army. Each made a golden apple that
city had its own way of living. started a horrible war down
They liked independence. on earth.
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The Wars of the Greeks 24 SOTW1 Alexander the Great 25 SOTW1
The Persians wanted Greece. Alexander had always been an
The Athenians and the Spar- unusual boy. Even as a child,
tans were furious! They de- he was strong and brave.
cided to stop fighting each Nothing scared him. He
other and defend themselves fought the Persians and took
against the Persians. The war over their whole territory! He
lasted 60 years. The Greeks learned how to use elephants
finally won. Then they started in combat. He also built cities
fighting each other again! and gave them his name.
The People of the Americas 26 SOTW1 The Rise of Rome 27 SOTW1
The Olmecs were the first civi- At first, Rome was just a tiny
lization in Central America. village in the hills of Italy. But
They built a city on top of a as it began to grow, it fought
hill. At the center they built a other kingdoms. From the
pyramid of dirt and clay. On Etruscans the Romans learned
top of that they built their about Greek gods, painting
temple, with the heads of their and music, and the customs
gods around it. They carried of kings, like togas and fasces,
every bit of the dirt up in bas- carried to show how powerful
kets! a king was.
The Roman Empire 28 SOTW1 Rome’s War with Carthage 29 SOTW1
The Romans needed more Carthage and Rome both
land so they attacked their wanted to control the trade
neighbors. The more land at sea. A war broke out be-
they got, the richer they be- tween them. Hannibal, from
came. The cities grew larger Carthage, planned a fantastic
and the people needed more assault. He traveled over the
fresh water. So they designed Alps with elephants for a sur-
special channels for water prise attack. It almost worked!
called aqueducts. They also
built many roads.
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The Aryans of India 30 SOTW1 The Mauryan Empire 31 SOTW1
The Aryans brought in the The most famous Mauryan
caste system and the poor in emperor was named Asoka.
India suffered. One man, Sid- He conquered many cities in
dhartha, gave up his rich life a war that killed thousands.
to find an answer to poverty When he saw the suffering
and sadness. He saw that the war caused, he decided
anyone can find happiness by to try and bring people in
leading a good life. He was through honesty, truthfulness,
known as the Buddha. and mercy. He followed Bud-
dha.
China: Writing and the Qin 32 SOTW1 Confucius 33 SOTW1
The warring state to the east At the same time that Buddha
was called Qin. Its warlord, was teaching in India, anoth-
Qin Zheng had an army of er man in China was teaching
a million. He conquered all, the Chinese people that they
ruling all of China. He moved too could be happy even if
his enemies close to him, built poor. He taught his followers
roads, melted down weapons, to be peaceful, honest, and
and punished severely. He kind—to avoid any kind of
built the Great Wall against violence, even to animals or
the Mongols. insects.
The Rise of Julius Caesar 34 SOTW1 Caesar the Hero 35 SOTW1
Julius Caesar wanted to be Caesar set out to be a great
consul, but was sent to gov- war hero. The Senate didn’t
ern the Romans in Spain. He like it. Caesar became more
was not happy, but worked and more powerful. He got
hard and was popular with rid of his enemies and de-
the people of Rome. He went clared himself dictator. He
back and convinced the other also established who his heir
consuls that he should be a would be. The Senate finally
consul as well. Soon the peo- carried out a plan to kill him.
ple forgot the other consuls.
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The First Roman Prince 36 SOTW1 Beginning of Christianity 37 SOTW1
Caesar’s nephew, Octavian, During the Roman peace,
was only nineteen when Cae- Jesus was born and lived in
sar died. He inherited all of Judea. When he turned 30,
Caesar’s money and threw a he began to travel and teach
big party for ten days in Cae- about God. He healed many
sar’s honor. When he saw how and taught the people. With
popular he was, he demanded the help of Rome, the leaders
to be made consul. He made put him to death. The Bible
Rome richer. says that after three days, he
rose from the dead.
End of the Ancient Jewish Nation 38 SOTW1 Rome and the Christians 39 SOTW1
The Jews hated Roman rule, Nero was one of the worst
so they set fire to the home of emperors of Rome. He
the Roman ruler of Judea and blamed a fire in Rome on the
attacked soldiers. When Rome Christians and persecuted
defeated them, they burned them. Afraid, the Christians
down the Temple. Even the held their meetings in under-
Temple’s foundations were de- ground passages. This secrecy
stroyed to get the melted gold soon made people suspicious
in the cracks. of them.
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Rome Weakens 40 SOTW1 The Attacking Barbarians 41 SOTW1
The Roman Empire got too The Huns and the Visigoths
big. Its borders were too were very powerful. Stilicho
long for one army to protect. fought bravely against the
Diocletian asked another Ro- barbarians even though he
man leader to be his partner. was half barbarian. He gave
Diocletian ruled the eastern the Visigoths gold to bring
half and Maximian ruled the about peace. But the Roman
western half. Now Rome had people got angry and put him
two emperors. to death. Later, they were
sorry.
The End of Rome 42 SOTW1
Rome was divided. The bar-
barians came. The Western
Empire grew weaker and the
Eastern Empire wouldn’t help.
After the end, what did Rome
leave us? Books with pages, the
alphabet, words, the calendar,
names of our planets, swim-
ming pools, and much more!
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