- •The ancient near east
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text I the ancient near east
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •The Fertile Crescent
- •Words to remember
- •Unit II ancient egypt
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text II ancient egypt
- •Mumification
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VI. Translation skills
- •Egyptian Religion
- •Words to remember
- •Unit III two great cities oe the indus valley
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text III two great cities of the indus valley
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •Vil translation skills
- •Words to remember
- •Prehistoric china
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text IV prehistoric china
- •I. Reading skills
- •II. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VIII. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Chinese Writing
- •Words to remember
- •Unit V the aryan empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text V the aryan empire
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •Speaking skills
- •V. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Санскрит
- •Upanishads
- •Words to remember
- •Unit VI classes and castes in ancient india
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text VI classes and castes
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Theories of Caste
- •Words to remember
- •Unit VII the mauryan empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text VII the mauryan empire
- •II. Reading skills
- •III. Vocabulary skills
- •IV. Speaking skills
- •V. Writing skills
- •VI. Translation skills
- •Words to remember
- •Unit VIII gupta empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text VIII gupta empire
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •Compare the first and second native India's dynasties.
- •Trace the main ideas of the Guptas' religious policy.
- •Ask as many questions as you can to cover the rest of the text and ask your groupmates to answer them.
- •In a dialogue try to find some similarities in the development of Indian Empires.
- •VII. Writing skills
- •19. Topics for essay writing:
- •VIII. Translation skills
- •Imaginary Beasts
- •Words to remember
- •Unit IX zhous come to power
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text IX zhous come to power
- •IV. Reading skills
- •V. Vocabulary skills
- •VI. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VIII. Translation skills
- •Государство Джоу
- •Words to remember
- •Unit X the greek world
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text X the greek world
- •II. Reading skills
- •III. Vocabulary skills
- •VII. Speaking skills
- •2) Ask your classmates to guess the word by your definition.
- •VIII. Writing skills
- •IX. Translation skills
- •Religion
- •Words to remember
- •Unit XI the roman empire
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •II. Text XI the roman empire
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VI. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •Древний Рим
- •The Roman Empire
- •Words to remember
- •Unit XII neighbours of hercules
- •I. Pretext exercises
- •III. Reading skills
- •IV. Vocabulary skills
- •V. Speaking skills
- •VII. Writing skills
- •VII. Translation skills
- •The Seven Wonders of the World
- •Words to remember
- •Reader sumerians
- •Нittite empire
- •Assyrians
- •Babylonians
- •Peoples oe syria
- •Phoenitians and arameans
- •Anatolia
- •Persians
- •Persian Culture in Achaemenid Times
- •Earliest Egypt
- •Old Kingdom
- •Religion
- •Religions Reform of Akhenaten
- •Indus valley
- •China jade
- •China during q1n dynasty
- •The olympic games Origins and Preparations
- •Preparations and Sacrifices
- •Gladiators
- •One of the most famous buildings from ancient rome
- •Chariot-races
- •Europeans and ancient greece and rome
- •Vocabulary
V. Speaking skills
Ex. 10. Agree or disagree. Prove your answer:
Alexander the Great liberated the Greek cities and proclaimed the unity of the Greeks and Persians.
Cuneiform could not be adapted to the writing of many different languages.
The Persians were the first to extend their domination beyond present- day Iran into Eastern Anatolia.
Darius established a system of 'satraps', or local governors.
Both Darius and Xerxes managed to conquer mainland Greece.
After Alexander's death much of the Near Eastern parts came into the hands of the Seleucid dynasty.
The first signs of the 'Neolithic revolution' appeared in Mesopotamia.
The fourth millennium ВС saw the beginnings of the true city-life.
Ex. 11. a) Answer the following questions to see if you understand every word in the text:
What societies were the first to be literate?
What were the first signs of the 'Neolithic revolution'?
What is known about the first true city-dwellers?
What peoples lived in the region of the Near East in ancient times?
In what way can you characterize the Hittites' Empire?
What were the stages of changes in written symbols?
Is there any written material of the period?
b) Put questions of your own to the rest of the text. Ask your classmates to answer them.
Ex. 12. Make up a plan of the text, provide each point of the plan with necessary words and word combinations. Compare and discuss your plans in the classroom.
Ex. 13. Retell the text using your own plan and expressions from Ex. 5,6,12.
Ex. 14. Give the gist of the text.
Ex. 15. Role play.
Discuss the stages of changes in written symbols. Give an interview for a popular science radio program. Act as either a reporter or a scholar.
Ex. 16. Study the dates and events, read and pronounce them correctly, give some comments of your own:
7,000 ВС the Neolithic Age
7-6,000 ВС Pre-Pottery Neolithic
6-3,500 ВС Pottery Neolithic
3-2,000 ВС the Early Bronze Age
2,000-1,500 ВС the Middle Bronze Age
1,500-1,000 ВС the Late Bronze Age
1,000- 500 ВС the Iron Age
700-500 ВС the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires
500-300 ВС the Achaemenid Empire
300-250 ВС the Seleucid Era
250 ВС-AD 200 the Parthian Era
~50 ВС - AD 250 the Roman Empire
200 ВС-AD 600 the Sasanian Empire
VI. Writing skills
Ex. 17. Make up sentences of your own using expressions from Ex. 5, 6. Provide similar historical context.
Ex. 18. Look back through the unit and make a list of words and expressions to do with:
writing and written material;
warfare;
dynastic relations.
Ex. 19. Write the definitions of five words from Ex. 5, 6 or 7 so that your groupmates could guess what the word is.
Ex. 20. Topics for essay writing:
The beginning of writing;
The domination of the Ancient Near East at different periods;
The most powerful cities of the Ancient Near East.