MONDAY: What is world history? History of the world. BC- Before Christ & AD- anno domin. BCE- Before common era. CE- Common Era
The universe is 13-14 billion years old. How old is the Earth? The earth is 4 billion years old
Where were the oldest human fossils found? Africa- Specifically Tanzania and Ethiopia.
Who found the oldest human fossils? Louis & Mary Leakey (1959) Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Donald Johnson- Found human remains (lucy)(1974) Oldest known hominid remains up in tell 2015, Scientist found remains years after Lucy.
Lucy would been about 3 1/2 feet tall 16-15yrs old. There was hyenas and saber toothed cats and theory she climbed a tree and fell out of it to death.
Biggest achievements in World History- The wheel- Helped with transportation. Fire- Warmth, heat up food. Tools- Stone hammers, chisels. Weapons- Bones used to be use as weapons. Language. Boats- Being to transports things
3 major periods in World history.
Anything that stands on two feet are hominids
Neolithic Revolution:
- Prior to more organized agriculture people were nomadic and hunted animals and gather plants.
- Lived in groups of about 25-70 people
- No one knows exactly how things changed but about 10,000 years ago people started more organized farming
- Along with planting crops people would also domesticated animals such as horses, dogs, goats and pigs
- Jobs started to change because not all could be farmers so different jobs and action popped up to help things happen/change. Villages turned into towns then to cities. As cities emerged living and thinking leading to civilization. *Social classes emerged. *Middle class * Low class* *Upper class Ancient Sumerian city UR one of the oldest.
1991 Hikers came crossed remains about 5,000 years old. He ate wild goats, berries, and tools and weapons were found around the remains.
Agriculture Revolutions: The warmer the temperature the long the people lived- You can plants crops and they would last longer.
Civilization- An highly advanced society (Usually in a city)
FIVE TRAITS OF A CIVILIZATION:
- Advanced cities(Urah, Lagash, Umma)
- Writing/ Recording keeping (Customs, traditions)
- Specialized workers( Scribes, potters, weavers)
- Complex instantiations- (government, military etc)
- Advanced technology ( wheel, plow, sailboat, bronze weapons)
Natural Borders- Boundaries that separate places naturally such as oceans, seas mountains, desserts. Helpful because it kept enemies out and harder for enemy to pass and travel.
- Arose 4 separate river valleys around 3500 BC
- Fertile soil, mild climate, waterway for transportation, water for crops and drinking
- Food supply
Hieroglyphics- A writing system that was used in ancient Egypt by the Egyptians. That combined symbols and alphabetic elements.
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