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Today's lesson will focus on the role of religion in the world's earliest civilizations.

Objectives

Students will:

  1. Identify and describe the major religions that began during the early and classical periods of civilization.
  2. Explain the relationship between systems of government and religion in early and classical civilizations.
  3. Analyze the role of cultural diffusion in the spread of major religions during the classical period.

Skills Needed

Students must be able to:

  1. Identify the period when most classical civilizations began and ended.
  2. Define cultural diffusion.