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  Year 1: Historical Topics
Week Unit 1: The Books of Moses
1Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile

Go to Egypt!

2Pharaohs and Pyramids
3Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God
4Creation Through Noah
5Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia
6The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt
7In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law
8In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God
9In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors
  Unit 2: All Governments Are Established by God
10The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism
11Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism
12Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas
13Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures
14Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology
15The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement
16Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures
17The Rise of Saul and the Philistines
18David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians
  Unit 3: Preparing the World for Its Savior
19Solomon's Divided Heart
20The Divided Kingdom
21The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported
22The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity
23The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home
24Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta
25The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War
26Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy
27Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation
Unit 4: In the Fullness of Time
28The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome
29The Roman Republic: Everyday Life
30The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars
31From Republic to Empire
32Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement
33The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church
34Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church
35Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies
36Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils