GLOBAL I REVIEW #1

An Introduction to Global History

How do we know about History?

Primary Source Secondary Source

What is it?

Provide Examples

A historical account written during the time

period

A historical account written after the time period by

someone who didn’t experience it

Diary, newspaper, autobiography,

journal, interview with survivors,

original film footage

Textbook, modern novel of the past,

lectures/ interviews by

modern experts

Social Scientists Study and Interpret History

Economist

Geographer

Archaeologist

Anthropologist

•Studies RESOURCES (natural resources, money, labor)•Examines production and distribution of goods and services

•Studies how people interact with the environment•Makes connections between people and places

•Find, study and interpret historical evidence from the past; look for ARTIFACTS

•Analyzes and examines historical artifacts to recreate a picture from the past; what was their culture like?

Types of Maps

Physical

Political

•Shows topographical landforms (what Earth LOOKS like)•Mountains, plateaus, deserts, lakes, rivers, etc.

•Shows political boundaries (man-made things)•Countries, cities, empires, etc.

What is Culture????

•The total LEARNED BEHAVIOR of a group of people (family, nation, country, etc)•behavior patterns, arts, religion, institutions, language and all other human work

Cultural Isolation vs. Cultural Diffusion

Cultural Isolation Cultural Diffusion

Causes

Traditional Culture-

Effects

•Geographically separated

•Deserts (Sahara)•Mountains (Himalayas)•Islands (Japan)

•Trade (Silk Road)•Migration (Bantu)•War (Crusades)

•Change occurs slowly• Live w/ extended families•Subsistence farming- growing just enough to

survive

•Spread of ideas (religion, inventions)•Economic growth

Golden Ages

MAJOR TURNING POINT!!!

Nomads The Neolithic Revolution Civilizations!

Africa-River Valley Civilizations-

•Followed food• Did not settle in one place

•ALL Humans evolved from Rift Valley in East Africa •Followed food out of Africa and populated world

•Discovery of farming and domestication of animals in the Fertile Crescent in Middle East

•Change the way people attained food

•Steady Food Supply•***Permanent Settlements***1.Advanced Technology2.Record Keeping3.New Social Class4.Complex Institutions

•Relied on river for survival•Annual flood fertilizes land

1. Mesopotamia- Hammurabi’s Code2. Indus (India)- urban planning3. Yellow River (China)4. Nile (Egypt) Writing

System