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EARLY MAN AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

EARLY MAN AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS. EAST AFRICA: 200,000 YRS OLD. EUROPE (SPAIN): 1 – 2 MILLION YRS. LUCY. Discovered by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray in 1974 at Hadar in Ethiopia Its age is about 3.2 million years.

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EARLY MAN AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

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  1. EARLY MAN AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

  2. EAST AFRICA: 200,000 YRS OLD EUROPE (SPAIN): 1 – 2 MILLION YRS

  3. LUCY Discovered by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray in 1974 at Hadar in Ethiopia Its age is about 3.2 million years. Lucy was an adult female of about 25 years and was assigned to the species Australopithecus afarensis. About 40% of her skeleton was found, and her pelvis, femur (the upper leg bone) and tibia show her to have been bipedal, although there is evidence that afarensis was also partly arboreal (tree-dwelling). She was about 107 cm (3'6") tall (small for her species) and about 28 kg (62 lbs) in weight.

  4. The Iceman's Last Meal The meal was a simple affair, consisting of a bit of unleavened bread made of einkorn wheat, one of the few domesticated grains used in the Iceman's part of the world at this time, some other plant, possibly an herb or other green, and meat.

  5. WHAT IS CIVILIZED? FERTILE CRESCENT SHAPE OF AREA RICH SOILS FOR LARGE CROPS BIRTHPLACE OF CIVILIZATION

  6. 1. DEVEOPMENT OF CITIES

  7. Mesopotamia: Tigris and Euphrates River Egyptians: Nile River

  8. 2. ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT

  9. 1st led by MONARCHS who organized armies and enacted laws.

  10. 3. RELIGION Explained the nature and existence of the world. Many rulers claimed divinity.

  11. 4. ESTABLISHED SOCIAL STRUCTURES

  12. Rulers/priests/officials/warriors Farmers/traders/artisans Slaves/Servants

  13. 5. WRITING

  14. 3 Types • Hieroglyphics • Cuneiform • 3. Phoenician alphabet

  15. 6. ART AND CULTURE

  16. Do we still express our art in the same way?

  17. Section 2-20 Checking for Understanding Define Match each definition in the left column with the appropriate term in the right column. __ 1. the keeping of animals andthe growing of food on aregular basis __ 2. the way of life a peoplefollows __ 3. adaptation for human use __ 4. a skilled craftsperson whomakes products such asweapons and jewelry __ 5. a king or queen who rules a kingdom A. artisan B. culture C. domestication D. monarch E. systematic agriculture E B C A D Click the mouse button or press theSpace Bar to display the answers.

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