1 / 37

Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations

Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations. Chapter 1 Review. Hunter-Gatherers. Migratory Loose political structures No real social classes Different gender relations Polytheistic religion Limited technology. Paleolithic Age. “Old Stone” Age -c. 10,00-8,000 B.C.E.

kyoko
Download Presentation

Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations Chapter 1 Review

  2. Hunter-Gatherers • Migratory • Loose political structures • No real social classes • Different gender relations • Polytheistic religion • Limited technology

  3. Paleolithic Age • “Old Stone” Age • -c. 10,00-8,000 B.C.E. • Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens Homo Sapiens Sapiens • Low population density • Technology • Language (homo erectus) • Wood, stone, and bone tools • Fire • Religion: Goddess worship, fear of death, burial of dead…

  4. Neolithic Age • “New Stone” Age • c. 8,000-3,000 B.C.E. • Climate change • Domestication of some animals • Early agriculture • Pottery • Bronze • Cities (e.g. Harrappa, CatalHuyuk) • Yangshao China, Mesopotamian civilizations (4,000 B.C.E.) • Sumerian Cuniform (3,500 B.C.E.) • Egyptian civilization (3,100 B.C.E.)

  5. Mesopotamian Civilizations • Tigris-Euphrates • Sumeria, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia • Copper and bronze masters • City-States • Monumental architecture—name it! • Hammurabi’s Law Code • Trade • Flat land and few natural barriers

  6. Terminology Review • Paleolithic Age • Neolithic Age • Prehistoric • Civilization • The four River Valley Civilizations • Tigris-Euphrates • Sumerians • Monotheism • Nomads • Ideographic

  7. Egyptian Civilization • Nile River • Influenced by Mesopotamia • Pharaoh • Monumental architecture—name it! • Interactions with and invasions by the Kush • Q: What does the architecture in Egypt and Mesopotamia say about these people?

  8. Indian Civilization • c. 2,500 B.C.E. • Indus River • Harappa, MohenjoDaro • Natural disasters and Indo-European invasions • More to come in Ch. 3

  9. Chinese Civilization • Huanghe (Yellow) River; Yangtze River • Isolated • Advanced technology • Ideographic writing • Science (especially Astronomy) • Art emphasized delicate designs and music • Ancestor worship • Shang dynasty (1,500 B.C.E.)

  10. RVCs: What’s the Deal? • Groundwork for later civilizations • Cities & monarchical forms (Greeks & Romans learned A LOT) • Irrigation • Mathematics • Wheel • Writing (Phoenicians) • Tamed horses • Calendars • Trade and diffusion of ideas

  11. The Jews • Distinctive people • Monotheism • How the Jewish god is different • Fountainhead for Christianity and Islam

  12. What’s this?

  13. What’s this?

  14. This?

  15. This?

  16. This?

  17. This?

  18. This?

  19. This?

  20. This?

  21. This?

  22. This?

More Related