CST Review 6th Grade
 6.1 Students describe what is known
through archaeological studies of the
early physical and cultural
development of humankind from the
Paleolithic era to the agricultural
revolution.
 6.1.2 – identify the locations of human
communities that populated the major
regions of the world and describe how
humans adapted to a variety of
environments.
 Fertile Crescent – This is the area that is
currently located in present day Iraq.
– Sumerians and Babylonians: lived in the
Mesopotamia region. The two major rivers
that provided irrigation for farming were:
Tigris River and Euphrates River
 Nile River: located in present day
Egypt.
– Egyptians in the North, Kush
and Nubia to the south: Used
the Nile river for irrigation and
farming.
 Kush Empire: used the Nile river
in order to collect taxes – “You
can’t pass unless you pay the
price” …
6.2- Students analyze the geographic, political, economic,
religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush
 6.3.4 – Know the significance of
Hammurabi’s code.
 Hammurabi’s code: He was one of the
most influential leaders of Babylonians
(Fertile Crescent). The Babylonians ruled
from 1900 to 1700 BCE. Hammurabi put
together the earliest known collection of
laws and placed them at the entrance of
his empire so that everyone would know
the rule of law. It covered criminal law an
rules for business, trade, banking, land
ownership, military service, and so on.
6.8 – Students analyze the geographic, political, economic,
religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews.
 6.3.2 – identify the sources of the ethical
teachings and central beliefs of Judaism (the
Hebrew Bible).
 Persian control of Judah: In 539 BCE the
Persian Empire conquered Babylonia, turned
Judah into a province ( a state subject to foreign
control), and allowed the Jew to return.
 Ezra: 465 BCE Ezra was appointed governor
of Judah. He wanted to create a state
exclusively devoted to Jahweh (the God who
spoke to Abraham). During this time the Torah
was written.
 Torah: the definitive source of Jewish law. It
also gave an account of history in which the
Jews were constantly under threat from foreign
people; this was intended to increase Jews’
sense of national unity.
6.3.5 – Discuss how Judaism survived and developed despite the
continuing dispersion of much of the Jewish population from Jerusalem
and rest of Israel after the destruction of the second Temple in AD 70.
 Diaspora: (comes from a Greek word
meaning “dispersion”)
 576 BCE: The Babylonians expelled all
Jews from Judah and sent 40,000 Jews,
including the political leaders and high
priests, to the land of Babylonia. Many
Jewish priests said that Yahweh allowed
this to happen because many Jews refused
to follow the laws of the covenant.
 Synagogues: priests established houses of
worship in which they would hold regular
meetings and teach new ways of devotion.
They would learn about fasting, prayer,
confession, and study. The synagogues
continue to be a house of worship today.