Events/Important/key Dates • 7‚000~ 4‚000 BCE: Spread of agriculture through most of Middle east. • 5‚000 BCE: Farming along Nile River • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians settle in Tigris- Euphrates valley • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians (a people who had migrated into the area from the north) provided final boost toward establishing civilization • 4‚000 BCE: cumulative effects of agriculture & technology → civilization as a new organizational form (wheel‚ bronze use‚ and writing facilitated) • 3‚500 BCE: Writing is introduced.
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Mauryan/Gupta India (320 BCE - 550 CE) and The Roman Empire (31 BCE - 476 CE) had very distinct methods of political control based on everything from geographic limitations and cultural reasons. Many factors were present affecting differences and similarities between the two. For starters‚ unity was difficult in india because of its geography that created sort of a seperation. however‚ the geography made it more open to outer influences like the Aryans. rome was more or less unified geographically
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made. 14‚000 years ago‚ the Great Ice Age ended and the tool development sped up. This time was known was the Mesothelic or Middle Stone Age. The Neothelic or Final Stone Age may have begun as early as 10‚000 BCE. During this time of invention of agriculture and cities‚ the Bronze Age at 3000 BCE became apparent. The Bronze Age demonstrated that metalworking was superior. Even with all of this going in‚ civilizations found a way to keep peace‚
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Chapter 1 ● Mesopotamia (TigrisEuphrates) ○ 80002000 BCE ■ Neolithic (New Stone Age) ■ Earliest Agriculture ○ City States (walled city and hinterland) sprung up around rivers ■ Citystates= characteristic of mesopotamia‚ Archaic and Classical Greece‚ Phoenicia‚ and early Italy ○ People living here= Sumerians ■ In Southern Mesopotamia by 5000 BCE ■ Responsible for making irrigation technology‚ cuneiform‚ religious concepts found in Mesopotamian culture ○ Lugal=Big Man (their leader‚
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storage jar with and egg shaped body p. sculptor of Hermes and Dionysus q. ornament from Ionic capital resembling a rolled scroll r. painting method using melted wax 1. ______ triglyph 2. ______ Polykleitos 3. ______ Pericles 4. ______ encaustic 5. ______ Myron 6. ______ entasis 7. ______ cella 8. ______ Dionysus 9. ______ Praxiteles 10. _____ amphora 11. _____ abacus 12. _____ volute 13. _____ Propylaia 14. _____ Exekias 15
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Founding of Rome: The story of Romulus and Remus and the story of The Rape of the Sabine Women * res publica- “people’s business”; Republican Period- 509 – 44/31 BCE Location of Rome: perfectly placed between the Etruscans‚ the Latins‚ and the Greeks * gave access to cultural advancement; Romans borrowed many things from the 3 groups * Rome was far enough inland to avoid direct assault from the sea but had access to water and its port city Ostia from the Tiber River Struggle of the
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those of the Mongols?000-2‚000 BCE Neolithic Cultures ca. 2100-1600 BCE Xia (Hsia) Dynasty (MYTHICAL) ca. 1600-1050 BCE Shang Dynasty One of the Three Dynasties‚ or San Dai (Xia‚ Shang‚ and Zhou)‚ thought to mark the beginning of Chinese civilization: characterized by its writing system‚ practice of divination‚ walled cities‚ bronze technology‚ and use of horse-drawn chariots. ca. 1046-256 BCE Zhou (Chou) Dynasty: Western Zhou (ca. 1046-771 BCE)‚ Eastern Zhou (771-256 BCE) A hierarchical political and
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BCE= Before common era (same as BC) CE= Common Era (Same as AD) Circa = around the time of‚ approximately – not exact date( abbreviated “ca” or “c”) Chapter 1 * 4mil ya to 3500 BCE * Hominids * australopithecus 4mil ya * Homo Erectus 1.5 mil ya Homo Sapiens 200 thousand ya * Paleolithic – Hunter/Gatherer * Paleolithic – “old stone age” – first hominids to 12‚000 years ago; Hunters and Gatherers; Nomadic; No private property; Egalitarian- equal society; Gender-based
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its most powerful (27 BCE - 180 CE) the Pax Romana‚ the Roman peace‚ was enforced. From Hill Town to Empire: Rome founded in 753 BCE. For two and a half centuries Rome was ruled by the neighboring Etruria‚ who taught Romans much about city-building‚ art‚ religion‚ mythology‚ and even language. The king Servius Tullius (578-534 BCE) reformed the military and created the comitia centuriata‚ a ruling council organized by hundreds‚ representing the soldiers of Rome. About 509 BCE‚ the wealthy‚ powerful
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Ancient Greece Location: Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (ca. 600 AD). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the period of Classical Greece‚ which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC. Classical Greece began with the repelling of a Persian invasion by Athenian leadership
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