Welcome to Big Era 4: We are going to cover the timeframe, 1200 BCE to 500 CE
Task:
Using reading, “Intro to Big Era 4” you are going to create a graphic organizer (MS Word, butcher paper, Imovie,
Powerpoint, or interpretive dance) connecting the objectives to the three Key Concepts at the bottom of this page.
Rubric:
5 – Found several connections, including at least 2 potential examples for each connection and used creative visuals. Used
information from notes, reading and internet reserach.
4 – Found several connections and included at least 1 example for each connection. Used information from notes, reading
and research.
3- Listed at least 2 connections and examples for most of the connections. Some evidence of using the reading
2 (NP) – Listed at least 1 connection for most of the example. Little evidence of reading or outside research.
1 (NP) – Connections are not clear or are incomplete
Big Era 4.1: The Mediterranean to India
Objectives
1. Locate on a map the Iberian Peninsula, Anatolian Peninsula, Levant, Ganges, Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, Red Sea, Aegean
Sea, Persian Gulf, Khyber Pass, Nineveh, Babylon, and Jerusalem.
2. Describe the impact that iron technology had on the Indo-Mediterranean region.
3. Identify the Phoenicians and describe the impact of their trade on the Indo-Mediterranean world.
4. Locate the Assyrian empire, and describe the ways in which Assyrians expanded and controlled their empire.
5. Explain the relationship between the Phoenician trade network and the Assyrian empire.
6. Define monotheism and its relationship to the Hebrews and the emergence of Judaism.
7. Define and explain the significance of the caste system in India as it emerged in the first millennium BCE.
8. List some similarities and differences in religious beliefs between Judaism and Hinduism.
AP World History Key Concepts
Key Concept 2.1:The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
Key Concept 2.2:The Development of States and Empires
Key Concept 2.3: Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange