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Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer
Approx. 2900 B.C.E
Sumer was located in Mesopotamia
They had many geographical features around them, a sea, mountains, a desert,
Their government was structured with kings
Sumer had also invented the wheel -
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Exact date of writing unknown; best copies discovered in a 7th century BCE royal library
Gilgamesh was a real king
He ruled over the city Uruk -
Abraham
Approx. 1900 BCE
Abraham lived in a city called Ur in Mesopotamia
God had commanded him to leave the Ur
Abraham moved to the land of Canaan
In Canaan he founde a people called Hebrews
Abraham had a son, Jacob
Jacob had 12 sons and those 12 families became the 12 tribes of Isreal -
Hammurabi’s Code
He became the first king of the Babylonian Empire following the abdication of his father, Sin-Muballit, extending Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms. Although his empire controlled all of Mesopotamia at the time of his death, and the kings after him were unable to maintain his empire -
Joseph goes to Egypt and the Isrealites follow
Jacob's favorite son was Joseph
Jacob gave Joseph a coatbwith many colors
Joseph's brothers got jealous and sold him into slavery and faked his death
Later on Joseph bacame a prime minister for interpereting the Pharaoh's dreams
Joseph's brothers came to Egypt forfood and Joseph forgave them and told the whole family to come to Egypt and when the famine hit, all the Isrealites moved to Egypt
The following pharaoh did not "enjoy" the prescence of the isrealites and turned them into slaves -
Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments
Approx. 1280-1240 BCE
Under the rule of Ramses the jews were enslaved
He got scared of the jews growing of numbers and then revolting So he ordered that every male jewish baby was killed so Moses' mother put him in a basket and floated him down a river Then the pharaohs daughter found him and raised him as her own and eventually he found out his path
God told Moses to tell the pharaoh "let my people go"
And when the pharaoh rufused Egypt befell nine horrible plagues -
The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings
Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE
Deborah was a prophet
She lead the Isrealites for 40 years of peace after the war
Ruth was a poor woman who to get food gleaned farms
Later she married a rich man
And her great great grandson was David -
The Reign of David
Approx. 1013-973 BCE
He killed Goliath with a small stone
He was the only one who volunteered to fight Goliath
He eventually became a king
