Monday- set up blog post (for newbies)
Chapter 1 Notes
What is world history? BC and AD? BCE? CE?
- BC- Before christ
- AD- anno domini
- BCE- before common era
- CE- common era
How old is the Earth?
- 4.6 billion years old
Where were the oldest human fossils found?
- Africa- Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Morocco
Who found the oldest human fossils?
- Louis and Mary Leakey, Donald Johanson, and numerous other scientists
What are some of the biggest achievements?
- Tools
- Fire
- language
- wheels
- boats (and the sail)
- art
Louis and Mary Leakey
- Searched for hominid remains in Tanzania from 30's to 70's
- Found human fossils in 1959
- This discovery would usher many other findings over the decades
Donald johanson
- Discovered 3.2 million years ago in 1974; named Lucy
- this was the oldest known hominoid remains in 2015
Video: history of the world in two hours (IRL hour and a half) for next two days
Thursday- World history Power point
Notes
Pictures of things found millions of years ago
Earliest homo Sapiens
- Found in morocco (Africa) June 2017
- Oldest homo sapiens fossils found so far
- Previous oldest was 150,00 years ago
- These fossils date back 300,00-350,000 years ago
- controversial within scientific community
- Are they truly homo sapiens or "early modern humans
Dating methods
- Carbon dating
Agricultural/ Neolithic Revolution
- Prior to more organized agriculture, people were nomadic and
- hunted animals and gathered plants-hunter-gatherer
- They lived in groups of about 25-70 people
- No one knows exactly how things changed, but about 10,000years ago, people started more organized farming
- Along with planting crops, people also domesticated animals such as horses, dogs, goats and pigs
- As time went on, people started setting up villages, which then, over time, turned into towns and then some into cities.
As cities emerged, more complex ways of thinking and living emerged leading to civilization
As cities grew, social classes emerged
Civilization- highly advanced society
5 traits of civilization.
1.Advances cities
2. Writing/Record keeping
3.Specialized workers
4.Complex institutions
5.Advanced technology
Questions to consider
- What are natural borders?
- What are some natural boundaries that would be helpful to an early civilization?
- Why are defensible borders important for a civilization to thrive?
Friday- PowerPoint continued. New forum post leaders chosen
Notes for the day.
Chapter 2: Early river valley Civilizations
- Arose in 4 separate river valleys around 3500 B.C.
- Fertile soil, mild climate, waterway for
- transportation, water for crops & drinking
- Provided for abundant crops and food surpluses
Chapter 2.1 vocab
Fertile Crescent
- a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta.
Mesopotamia
- Greek for “land between the rivers” See map
City-state
- a city and the surrounding territory it controls -
- functioned like an independent country
Dynasty
- A series of rulers from a single family-father to son (ex. Ming dynasty)
Cultural diffusion
- Process in which ideas spread from one culture to another
Polytheism
- belief in many gods
Monotheism
- belief in only one god
Empire
- group of territories or nations ruled by a single ruler
Chap. 2.2 vocab
Delta
- A broad, marshy area of land formed by deposits of silt where a river runs into a bigger body of water
See map next slide
King Narmer
- King of Egypt that many believe united Upper and Lower Egypt around 3000 BC
Pharaoh
- The god-kings of Egypt-Seen as almost as powerful as the gods of the heavens
Theocracy
- Government headed by religious leaders or a leader regarded as a god
Pyramid
- Huge structure where the Egyptian pharaohs are placed after they die
Mummification
- The process of drying and embalming a corpse to prevent decay
- Usually reserved for royalty and the rich
Hieroglyphics
- Egyptian form of writing
Papyrus
- What Egyptians wrote on. Came from papyrus reeds found in marshy areas.
Chapter 2.3 Vocab
Indian subcontinent
- The landmass that includes Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh
Monsoon
- Seasonal winds that can bring dry air or heavy rain- Huge impact on India- see map
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