early civilizations
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Early Civilizations. How do we study ancient creatures?. Study their bones and teeth Study artifacts -tools -clothing -art -weapons -toys. Hominid. Human-like creatures that walk upright. Lucy. One of the first hominid skeletons found So what? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
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How do we study ancient creatures? Study their bones
and teeth Study artifacts-tools-clothing-art-weapons-toys
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Hominid Human-like creatures that walk upright
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Lucy One of the first
hominid skeletons found
So what?-she showed there had been creatures walking upright for nearly 3 million years
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Human Development
Walked upright
hominid
Used tools
Homo habilis
Homo sapien
Modern humans
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Stone Age-humans used stone tools Paleolithic- ancient
(2MYA-12,000years ago)
Mesolithic- middle (12,000-10,000years ago)
Neolithic- New (10,000-4,000years ago)
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Hunter-gatherers Follow the food
supply Hunters follow the
herds of big game Gatherers foraged
until an area was picked-over
Do not raise animals or crops
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Ice Age When glaciers cover a large part of the
Earth’s surface http://dsc.discovery.com/games/iceworld
/map/map.html
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Neolithic Agricultural Revolution Neolithic=?
-New Agricultural=?
-Plants grown for food Revolution=?
-time of great change
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Caused… Permanent
settlements Domestication of
Animals Specialization of
Labor Cities
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Civilizations have… Large group of
people Surplus food Large towns
Government Division of labor
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Earliest Civilizations
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Why there? Agriculture and
livestock Irrigation
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History begins when… people write it down.
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Egypt
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The Nile Egyptians Natural
Advantages?
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Hieroglyphics Picture writing Stone tablets or
papyrus Rosetta stone
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Dynasty A family of rulers 1st in Egypt- Menes (3200 BC)
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Egyptian History Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom
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Old Kingdom Sphinx and biggest pyramids Upper class= nobles, priests, and
scribes Lower class= peasants (built canals and
pyramids)
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Middle Kingdom “golden age” of Egypt Hyksos (foreigners) came to Egypt and
ruled at the end of this period
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New Kingdom Hatshepsut= only female pharaoh Amenhotep IV= monolithic religion King Tut
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Egyptian Society Classes (rich vs. poor) Peasants worked the land Nobles ruled Trade= caravans sent goods to the east
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Egyptian Religion
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Egyptian Religion Polytheistic (many
gods) Belief in afterlife
Mummification Valuable objects in
tombs
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King Tut Son of Akhenaten Became pharaoh
when a child Changed religion
back to polytheism Died in his late
teens
Tomb in near perfect condition
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Decline of Egypt Internal strife (rich
vs. poor) Weakening of the
pharaohs
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Mesopotamia
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Tigris and Euphrates vs. Nile
Similarities Differences
Annual floods Great for agriculture
Tigris and Euphrates were more violent and prone to flooding
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Empires (migration and conquest) Sumer- cuneiform Babylon- Hammurabi’s code Assyria- library at Nineveh Chaldea- hanging gardens Persia- largest empire of the time Phoenicia- trade and alphabet Lydia- money economy
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Hammurabi’s Code System of written
laws Consequences for
breaking them
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Why trade? Comparative
advantage Everyone wins
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India
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Indo-Europeans Originally nomadic Took over northern India
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Culture Language=sanskrit Religious
text=Vedas
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Dynasties Mauryan Gupta
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Inventions and Discoveries Numbers 1-9 Quadratic Equations Seven planets
visible to the naked eye
Inoculation
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Asoka United India with
war Converted to
Buddhism Societal reforms
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China
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Isolation
Isolation
Superiority Complex
Less Cultural Diffusion
Protection
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Dynasties (First two) Xia- first rulers Shang-
-controlled the Huang-strong central government
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Dynasties (Next three) Zhou--territories to royal families Qin-Great Wall started-China’s name Han--meritocracy- you get a job based on skill-Silk Road
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“Mandate of Heaven” The idea that a ruler
gets his right to power from God
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Inventions Early seismograph Paper Process of printing Sundial