This section covers the origins of humanity and early social structures.
Assignments about ziggurats (temples) and the invention of cuneiform writing. This section covers the origins of humanity and
Analyzing early laws to understand how justice and social classes worked in Babylon. Section 4: The Levant and Early Empires the invention of the first alphabet
Exercises on the hierarchy of Egyptian society (Pharaoh, Vizier, Scribes, Peasants, Slaves). and the production of purple dye.
Focuses on the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Focus on maritime trade, the invention of the first alphabet, and the production of purple dye.