Primary Source Reading Passage (Sections 1 – 2)
1. THE exact date of the Creation and Fall of Man can-not be fixed with any degree of certainty, neither can the interval of time between the Creation and the Deluge be ascertained. The estimates of different chronologists as to these facts vary so widely that they seem worthy of no credence whatever. The difficulty of assigning the exact time of those events does not, however, at all diminish the evidence of their actual occurrence.
2. After the dispersion of mankind at Bā'bel, it is supposed that the descendants of Shem, the eldest of Noah's sons, went to the east and populated Asia; those of Ham, with few exceptions, passed into Africa; and those of Jā'phet journeyed to the west and occupied different parts of Europe. The oldest monarchies, of which history gives us any account, are those of BABYLONIA and ASSYRIA in Asia, and those of EGYPT and ETHIOPIA in Africa.
Section 1
Lesson Review & Historical Comprehension
1.
Can the exact date of the creation and fall of man be fixed?
Address what the text states regarding the interval of time between the Creation and the Deluge, and explain whether chronological uncertainty disproves their actual occurrence.
2.
What events immediately followed the dispersion of mankind? Whither did the sons of Noah migrate?
Identify the central site of dispersion (Bā'bel) and trace the migration destinations of the three branches: Shem, Ham, and Jā'phet.
3.
Which are the oldest monarchies recorded in world history?
Classify the four foundational kingdoms into their respective continental domains (Asia vs. Africa).
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Plate I: Map of the Ancient Monarchies (Page 12)
Geographical Features on Map:
- Seas & Gulfs: Euxine (Black) Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf.
- Great Rivers: Euphrates R., Tigris R., Halys R. (Asia Minor), Nile R. (Egypt).
- Kingdoms & Empires: Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea, Media, Persia/Elam, Lydia, Egypt.
- Principal Cities: Babylon, Nineveh, Ur, Susa, Ecbatana, Memphis, Thebes, Sardis, Damascus, Tyre, Sidon, Jerusalem.
- Maritime Ports: Pelusium (Nile Delta), Ezion-geber (Head of Red Sea).
- Sacred Mountains: Mount Ararat (North), Mount Sinai (South).
Section 2
Map Questions & Territorial Geography
4.
The Mesopotamian River Valley & Persian Gulf:
What rivers unite and flow into the Persian Gulf? What region is situated between them? Where were Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea, and Persia (Elam) located?
5.
Principal Cities, Empires of Asia & The Euxine Sea:
What city was in Babylonia? In Chaldea? In Assyria? In Media? Where was Susa? What river tributary flows into the Euxine (Black) Sea? What monarchy in Asia Minor, and its capital? What region east of the Euxine Sea?
6.
The Levant, Nile Valley & Sacred Topography:
What regions lie east of the Mediterranean Sea and their principal cities? What two great cities on the Nile River? What port at its eastern mouth? What port at the head of the Red Sea, and what celebrated mountain near it?