Dec 1

Hello, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Weekend!. We have a 4 day week this week so here is the plan....


Today we will work on a comparison chart of world religions, followed by a discussion of Egypt.

Homework for tomorrow (12/2) is to Read pp. 95-98 (make notes) and the article at the following link.....

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/greek-babylon.html


This is a reading from the Greek historian Herodotus in which he describes the Assyrians. After reading the article, write a paragraph answering the following question:


What kind of view does Herodotus give of the Assyrians? What impression of them is created by the text?