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Unit 1 Remediation PPT

Unit 1 Remediation PPT. In the Beginning. Hunters and Gatherers Nomads hunt and follow their food People eventually became farmers (agricultural society) Why? Hunted animals were dying off Oasis theory beer. People developed agriculture A steady supply of food was available

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Unit 1 Remediation PPT

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  1. Unit 1 Remediation PPT

  2. In the Beginning • Hunters and Gatherers • Nomads hunt and follow their food • People eventually became farmers (agricultural society) • Why? • Hunted animals were dying off • Oasis theory • beer

  3. People developed agriculture • A steady supply of food was available • Development of permanent housing • Beginnings of government

  4. First Known Civilization-Mesopotamia

  5. Geography • Greek for land between the rivers • Between the Tigris and Euphrates River • Had natural barriers • Surrounded by mountains and desert

  6. What you need to know about Mesopotamia • Society: Agricultural/Farming • Governed by king (Autocratic) • Made up of city-states • Famous ruler: Hammurabi (made first known law code • Hammurabi’s law code: Very strict/Equality • You do something, it happens to you • Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth • Religion: Polytheistic (the gods were responsible for flooding of the rivers)

  7. Egypt

  8. Government • Theocracy: government follows the same rule as their religion • Pharaoh is the ruler of government and religion • Pharaoh is seen as a god • Cultural beliefs • Afterlife • Judgment of life once you died • You take what you owned in life with you to the after life

  9. Religion • Polytheistic • Main gods: Amon Re (Sun God), Osiris (God of the Dead), Isis (Goddess of the Dead) • Book of the Dead (Sacred Text) • Like Mesopotamia, the gods controlled the Nile River

  10. Evolution of Writing

  11. Cuneiform • Mesopotamian form of writing • Used to count property • Land, animals, grain • Used to count how much property was being transported to market for trade

  12. Hieroglyphics • Egyptian form of writing • Used to represent ideas or sounds • Literacy was only for the elite • It was difficult to learn, thus it preserved status • Translated by the Rosetta Stone • Myths and history of pharaohs written inside pyramids • Like cuneiform, used to count what was traded

  13. Phoenician Alphabet • ADOPTED FROM OTHER CULTURES • WIDELY USED ALPHABET • SPREAD BY MERCHANTS • SYMBOLS REPRESENTED SOUNDS • EASY TO LEARN SO EVEN LOWER PEOPLE COULD LEARN • TOOK AWAY THE STATUS OF WRITING

  14. Phoenician Spread Culture and Ideology • How? By trade • Phoenicians made a purple dye. The dye was so expensive that only the very rich could afford it, which is why it became the color choice of kings. • Phoenicians were very good at keeping trade records, this eventually made merchants adopt their system of records

  15. Monotheism • The belief in ONE god

  16. Zoroastrianism • a monotheistic religion founded in ancient Persia (modern day Iran) • Believed in good and evil, and a final judgment based on how well a person fought for goodness • GOOD FROM THE CREATOR (Ahura Mazda) • EVIL WANTS TO DESTROY THE CREATOR’S CREATIONS

  17. Judaism • Believed that their god had power over all people and that he would protect them • Their god gave them laws or commandments to obey (Ten Commandments) • The history of the Hebrews is written in their bible, the Torah

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