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lo6 Survey of the Ancient World
as well as in art, in literature, and in many other lines. This
future progress was to be made in Europe — that Europe
which we left, at the end of our first chapter, in the Late Stone
Age. To Europe, therefore, we must now turn, to follow across
the eastern Mediterranean the course of rising civilization, as
it passed from the Orient to our forefathers in early Europe
four to five thousand years ago.
QUESTIONS
Section i 5. (See map, p. 140.) Diagram the two racial lines, Indo-
European and Semitic. From which line are we descended ? Give some
account of the Indo-European parent people. Discuss their dispersion.
Section 16. Locate the Aryan tribes on the map. What Indo-
European people first invaded the Fertile Crescent, and when ? Who
overthrew Assyria, and when ? Who was Zoroaster ? What peoples
adopted the religion he taught?
Sections 17-18. Who was Cyrus? Where did his people live?
Describe Persian methods of fighting. What great ancient city did
Cyrus finally conquer ? What other ancient land did the son of Cyrus
conquer ? What was then the extent of the Persian Empire ? Who
organized it? Describe Persian rule.
Section 19. What kind of life did the Hebrews originally lead?
Where is Palestine? What was the final result of the Hebrew invasion?
What kind of great men arose under the two Hebrew kingdoms ? What
happened to the two kingdoms? What happened to the surviving
Hebrews ? Who allowed some of the exiles to return to Palestine ?
Note. The tailpiece below represents a bull hunt. It is beaten in gold and
extends around a golden cup found at Vaphio, near Sparta. It was made by an
ancient Cretan goldsmith and was then imported into Greece (see § 202 and
Ancient Times, Fig. 140).
as well as in art, in literature, and in many other lines. This
future progress was to be made in Europe — that Europe
which we left, at the end of our first chapter, in the Late Stone
Age. To Europe, therefore, we must now turn, to follow across
the eastern Mediterranean the course of rising civilization, as
it passed from the Orient to our forefathers in early Europe
four to five thousand years ago.
QUESTIONS
Section i 5. (See map, p. 140.) Diagram the two racial lines, Indo-
European and Semitic. From which line are we descended ? Give some
account of the Indo-European parent people. Discuss their dispersion.
Section 16. Locate the Aryan tribes on the map. What Indo-
European people first invaded the Fertile Crescent, and when ? Who
overthrew Assyria, and when ? Who was Zoroaster ? What peoples
adopted the religion he taught?
Sections 17-18. Who was Cyrus? Where did his people live?
Describe Persian methods of fighting. What great ancient city did
Cyrus finally conquer ? What other ancient land did the son of Cyrus
conquer ? What was then the extent of the Persian Empire ? Who
organized it? Describe Persian rule.
Section 19. What kind of life did the Hebrews originally lead?
Where is Palestine? What was the final result of the Hebrew invasion?
What kind of great men arose under the two Hebrew kingdoms ? What
happened to the two kingdoms? What happened to the surviving
Hebrews ? Who allowed some of the exiles to return to Palestine ?
Note. The tailpiece below represents a bull hunt. It is beaten in gold and
extends around a golden cup found at Vaphio, near Sparta. It was made by an
ancient Cretan goldsmith and was then imported into Greece (see § 202 and
Ancient Times, Fig. 140).