Phoenicia and Ancient Israel

PHOENICIA, C. 1000 – 300 BCE

7.17 On a map of the ancient Mediterranean world, locate Greece, Asia Minor, Crete, Phoenicia, the Aegean, and the Red Sea. On a modern map, locate Greece, Crete, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria. (G)

7.18 Identify the Phoenicians as the successors to the Minoans in dominating maritime trade in the Mediterranean from c. 1000–300 BCE. Describe how the Phoenician writing system was the first alphabet (with 22 symbols for consonants) and the precursor of the first complete alphabet developed by the ancient Greeks (with symbols representing both consonants and vowels). (H, E)

THE ROOTS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: ANCIENT ISRAEL, C. 2000 BCE–70 AD/CE

7.1 On a historical map of the Mediterranean, locate Asia Minor, Greece and Mesopotamia, the kingdoms of the Hittites and ancient Israel, and Egypt. On a modern map, locate Egypt, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the area governed by the Palestinian Authority, Syria, and Turkey. (G)

7.2 Identify the ancient Israelites, or Hebrews, trace their migrations from Mesopotamia to the land called Canaan, and explain the role of Abraham and Moses in their history. (H, G)

7.3 Describe the monotheistic religion of the Israelites. (H)

A. the belief that there is one God

B. the Ten Commandments

C. the emphasis on individual worth and personal responsibility

D. the belief that all people must adhere to the same moral obligations, whether ruler or ruled

E. the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) as part of the history of early Israel.

7.1 Describe the unification of the tribes of Israel under Kings Saul, David, and Solomon, including David’s founding of Jerusalem as his capital city in 1000 BCE and the building of the first temple by Solomon. (H)

7.23 Explain the expulsion/dispersion of the Jews to other lands (referred to as the Diaspora) after the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, and the renaming of the country by the Romans. (H)