Review of World History
Foundations: 8000 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E
Geography:
The average hunter-gather needed 2.5 square miles in order to have enough food.
In 8000 B.C.E., once the ice age had passed, humans wanted a more constant food source so they started to turn to agriculture.
The first agricultural civilizations were started on rivers because they needed a constant water supply.
Once humans started farming, they started clearing some fields, which had a environmental impact.
Hunting and gathering people didn’t have an environmental impact because they built no permanent structures and didn’t harm the land.
Religion:
The early civilizations were polytheistic.
They believed in Gods of nature that controlled the natural elements and storms.
In about 500 B.C.E., Confucius came up with the religion Confucianism.
Many people believed that in order to go to heaven, you had to maintain a harmonious life on Earth.
Legalism was a religion that was designed to rival Confucianism and it taught that human nature was bad and had to be controlled.
Arts:
The Pyramids at Egypt were built.
Artistic funeral pyres or tiles were common forms of art.
The Shang Dynasty in China decorated water vessels as a form of art.
Social:
In hunting and gathering societies men and women were treated as equals.
Most Kings or rulers were treated and thought of as Gods.
Hunter-gathering societies moved in very small groups that had a very tight knit social structure.
Priests had a very high social status.
Once civilizations began to form, gender inequalities arose.
Politics:
The rulers of a civilization would act as Gods, which helped them to maintain control.
A common form of political structure was city-states.
Governments would regulate religion.
Kings, in times of war, would lead their armies.
Early civilizations had a court system to help deal with justice.
Economics:
The Sumerians adopted silver as an early form of currency.
In this time period no one had enough time to make fancy,
Geography:
The average hunter-gather needed 2.5 square miles in order to have enough food.
In 8000 B.C.E., once the ice age had passed, humans wanted a more constant food source so they started to turn to agriculture.
The first agricultural civilizations were started on rivers because they needed a constant water supply.
Once humans started farming, they started clearing some fields, which had a environmental impact.
Hunting and gathering people didn’t have an environmental impact because they built no permanent structures and didn’t harm the land.
Religion:
The early civilizations were polytheistic.
They believed in Gods of nature that controlled the natural elements and storms.
In about 500 B.C.E., Confucius came up with the religion Confucianism.
Many people believed that in order to go to heaven, you had to maintain a harmonious life on Earth.
Legalism was a religion that was designed to rival Confucianism and it taught that human nature was bad and had to be controlled.
Arts:
The Pyramids at Egypt were built.
Artistic funeral pyres or tiles were common forms of art.
The Shang Dynasty in China decorated water vessels as a form of art.
Social:
In hunting and gathering societies men and women were treated as equals.
Most Kings or rulers were treated and thought of as Gods.
Hunter-gathering societies moved in very small groups that had a very tight knit social structure.
Priests had a very high social status.
Once civilizations began to form, gender inequalities arose.
Politics:
The rulers of a civilization would act as Gods, which helped them to maintain control.
A common form of political structure was city-states.
Governments would regulate religion.
Kings, in times of war, would lead their armies.
Early civilizations had a court system to help deal with justice.
Economics:
The Sumerians adopted silver as an early form of currency.
In this time period no one had enough time to make fancy,