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Understanding Time through History

Historians measure time to study past events using timelines. Chronology lists events in order, aiding in periodization like Bronze Age or Ancient Greece. Explore prehistory through cave drawings and oral traditions.

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Understanding Time through History

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  1. Measuring Time

  2. Why do we measure time Historians – Measure time to help them study events of the past.

  3. One of the tools historians use are called Timelines Timelines – A line marked off with a series of events and dates

  4. A timeline is usually in Chronological order. The Chronology of events is important Chronology – Lists events in the order in which they occurred

  5. Historians also break history down into periods Period – A length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that happened during that time Examples: Bronze Age – Period when people first starting using the metal Bronze. From beginning in 3600 B.C. Old Kingdom Period – The rise of Egypt from 3000-2000 B.C. Ancient Greece Period – Rise of Greece from 1000-450 B.C.

  6. There is also a period Historians call Prehistory Prehistory – A time before humans invented writing Cave Drawing and oral traditions (stories passed down through words) were the ways history was kept

  7. Assignment Create a “life” timeline of your life from the time you were born until now. Example:

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