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Overview of Western Civilization

Overview of Western Civilization. Bellwork 1/23/12. What three continents surround the Mediterranean Sea? What direction does a latitude line run? What direction does a longitude line run? What types of things do you find on a physical map?

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Overview of Western Civilization

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  1. Overview of Western Civilization

  2. Bellwork 1/23/12 • What three continents surround the Mediterranean Sea? • What direction does a latitude line run? • What direction does a longitude line run? • What types of things do you find on a physical map? • What types of things do you find on a political map? • What types of things do you find on a climate map?

  3. Early History 3000 B.C – 750 B.C. • Move from nomadic to sedentary. • Agricultural revolution • Beginning of writing. • Beginning of trade. • Beginnings of law and order. • *Civilization!*

  4. Classical History (Greece and Rome) 750 B.C. – 476 A.D. • Rise in art, architecture, education, science, inventions, philosophy, etc. • Large unified empires with single leaders. • Wealth • Massive organized and trained armies • Trade – connecting the world.

  5. Middle Ages 476 A.D. – 1453 A.D. • Loss of literacy and science • No large empires. • Large gap between rich and poor. • Christian church has the power in Europe. • IN MIDDLE EAST: Islam begins and grows (622) • **Clash between two monotheistic religions**

  6. RENAISSANCE: 1453-1700 • Europeans “look back” to the Classical period. • Rise of science, invention, art, architecture, cities. • Countries become unified empires under a king. • Wealth.

  7. Enlightenment and Industrialization: 1700-1900 • Industrial revolution = inventions and new products. • Rise of factories and urban centers. • People want independence from kings! • Europe seeks to control the world.

  8. Modern History: 1900-2011 • Two World Wars. • Globalization and technology.

  9. Timeline Assignment • Create a timeline that starts at 3000 B.C. and ends at 2011. • Space out markers every 250 years. (3000 B.C., 2750 B.C., 2500 B.C., etc) • Color these spans of time different colors and create a legend that explains what each color means. • Early History • Classical Period • Middle Ages • Renaissance • Enlightenment and Industrialism • Modern History

  10. 3000 B.C. Agricultural revolution and cuneiform writing. • 3100 B.C. – 751 B.C. Egyptian civilization • 2500 B.C. – Indus River civilization begins • 2000 B.C. Abraham in Mesopotamia - beginning of Judaism. • 750 B.C. Hinduism develops. • 750 B.C- 336 B.C. Greek city-states, • 479 B.C. Greece wins the Persian Wars • 336 B.C: Alexander the Great unifies Greek city-states • 323 B.C. Alexander dies and empire is divided. • 509 B.C- 476 A.D. Roman Empire. • 563 B.C. Buddha lives- begins Buddhism. • 241 B.C. – 146 B.C. Punic Wars (against Carthage) • 27 B.C. – Augustus becomes emperor – end of republic • 4 B.C – Jesus Christ born • 313 A.D. – Christianity accepted religion in Rome. • 330 A.D. Constantine moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople. • 476 A.D. End of Roman Empire and beginning of Middle Ages

  11. 527: Justinian I becomes Byzantine emperor; 590: Gregory I becomes first monk elected pope; 622: Muhammad begins Islam. 962: Beginning of the Holy Roman Empire 1054: Catholic and Orthodox churches split. 1095-1192: The Crusades. 1215: Magna Carta signed in England. 1337-1453: Hundred Years’ War between France and England. 1346: beginning of Bubonic Plague 1450: Florence becomes center of Italian Renaissance. 1453: Fall of Byzantine Empire - End of the Middle Ages. 1455: First book printed on the Gutenberg Printing Press.

  12. 1450: Florence becomes center of Italian Renaissance. 1453: Fall of Byzantine Empire - End of the Middle Ages. 1455: First book printed on the Gutenberg Printing Press. 1488: Europeans sail around the southern tip of Africa. 1492: Columbus discovers the Americas. 1517: Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation. 1508: Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel. 1776: America declares independence. 1789-1815: French revolution and Napoleon. 1859: Darwin’s theory of evolution published. 1879: Edison invents the light bulb. 1914 – 1945 World Wars. 2001 – America attacked by terrorists.

  13. Bellwork: Use you notes and timeline • What event happened in 3000 B.C. that began civilization as we know it? • Why do some consider the Renaissance going “backwards?” • What religion first moved from polytheistic to monotheistic? • During what period does science and literacy seem to die? • During what period does civilization move from nomadic to sedentary? • During what period are the first laws written? • During what period did Judaism begin? • During what period did Christianity begin? • During what period did Islam begin? • During what period did World War I and II take place? • Could Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar have met? • Was Michelangelo a famous Greek artist? • During the Middle Ages, why was there lots of poverty? • When did art and architecture first become an important part of society? • What year did Columbus find the New World? 16. During what period was the light bulb invented? 17. What two countries dominate the Classical Period? 18. During what period were the Crusades? 19. During what period did the Bubonic Plague spread through Europe? 20. What major event happened at the beginning of the 21st century?

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