Monday: No School
Tuesday: We discussed forum posts. We talked politics. Started to present.
Wednesday: We continued on presenting.
Thursday: Presented.
Friday: Our group finished presenting then another group went. Test Tuesday.
Notes:
- What is World History? BC and AD
- History of the World
- BC= Before Christ
- AD= Anno Domini "in the year of our Lord"
- BCE= Before common era
- CE= Common era
- How old is the earth?
- 4.6 billion years
- Where were the oldest human fossils found?
- East Africa- Specifically Tanzania and Ethiopia
- Who found the oldest fossils?
- Louis and Mary Leakey, Donald Johanson, Recent Scientists(Name??)
- What are some of the biggest achievements in world history?
- Invention of tools, mastery of fire, development of language, invention of wheels, invention of boats (the sail), art
- Hominid- the group consisting of all modern and extinct Great Apes
- Nomadic- people who moved around
- Hunter-gatherer- hunt(follow the herds) and gather
- lived in groups of 25-70 people
- Domesticated animals- livestock
- Civilization- a highly advanced society (high level of culture, science, industry, and government has reached)
- Advances cities
- Writing/Record keeping
- Specialized workers
- Complex institutions
- religion
- government
- economic structure
- Advanced Technology
- plumbing
- social classes- how much money you have
Chapter 2
Ch. 2.1 Vocab
- Fertile Crescent
- Southern Iraq, Seria, Lebanan....
- Mesopotamia
- first organized great civilization
- earliest development of the Olympic evolution
- "Land between the rivers"
- City-state
- a city that is a country
- 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
- Cultural diffusion
- process in which ideas spread from one culture to another
- Polytheism
- belief in many gods
- Monotheism
- belief in one god
- Empire
- group of territories or nations ruled by a single ruler
Ch. 2.2 Vocab
- Delta
- where a river turns into different channels
- King Narmer
- Kig of Egypt that many believe united upper and lower Egypt
- Pharaoh
- The god- kings of Egypt- Seen as almost as powerful as the gods of the heavens
- Theocracy
- a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders
- regarded as a god
- Pyramid
- huge structure where the Egyptian pharoahs are placed after they die
- Mummification
- The process of drying and embalming a corpse to prevent today
- Usually reserved for royalty and the rich
- Hieroglyphics
- Egyptian form of writing
- Papyrus
- what Egyptians wrote on. Came from papyrus reeds founds in marshy areas
Ch. 2.3 Vocab
- Indian Subcontinent
- The landmass that includes Pakistan, Inda, and Bangladesh
- Monsoon
- seasonal winds that can bring dry air or heavy rain- huge impact on India
Ch. 2.4 Vocab
- Dynastic cycle
- Mandate from Heaven
- Feudalism
- a political system in which the king gives land to nobles/lords and in returns, they vow loyalty and military service to the king
- used in China, Japan, and Europe
- Fertile Crescent
Ancient Egypt
- Political
- Pharoahs- (God like)
- highest officials took orders from kings
- appointed officials
- Agriculture
- foundation of Egyptian gov't
- Pharoahs- (God like)
- Economy
- based on agriculture
- Social classes
- Pharaoh
- Nobility
- Priests and Physicians
- Artist/Craftsman
- Farmers
- Slaves
- Geography
- "gift of the Nile"
- Religion
- believed that all the forces of nature could be identified as the children of the creator of God
- Education
- boys were taught to read, write, and some math
- girls learned housholed responsibilities
- really only for wealthy
- Art
- printed on walls or carved in relief
- first created to show the king as a god
- Entertainment
- dice
- athletic games
- wrestling, javelin throw, hockey, tug of war
- dance
- swam in Nile
- toys- rattles, dolls, etc...
- Gender Roles
- Women
- raised children
- tend to husbands
- Men
- taught sons how to do family trade
- responsible for artistic work
- seen as leaders of society
- Women
- Advances
- ships
- geometry
- Hieroglyphics
- Papyrus
- Ink
- Solar Calendar
Zhou Dynasty
- Economy
- agriculture based
- a lot of work
- many peasants
- iron tipped plows
- chariot parts
- various iron tools
- Social Classes
- The Shi
- scholars- gained power because of their knowledge
- The Nong
- peasant farmers- produced food
- taxpayers and landlords
- families produced soldiers
- Th Gong
- artisians and craftsman
- produced essential goods
- tools, pottery, and cloth
- didn't make much
- The Shang
- lowly merchants
- didn't produce anything
- depended on others for profit
- lack of hard work
- Women and Children
- less important than men
- cleaning
- cooking
- rasing children
- working in fields
- weaving textiles out of their home
- The Shi
- Technology
- calendar
- geographical maps
- use of fertilizers and pesticides
- healing methods
- War
- spring and autumn period 772-467 BCE
- violence and social issues
- battles-assassinations- civil wars
- Political
- "Mandate of heaven"
- thought that leaders were in charge of taking orders from God
- Advancements
- Iron
- Roads and Canals
- Metal Coins
- Came to End 256 BCE
Phoenicians
- Political
- 2750 BC
- Founding of Tyre
- 813 BC
- Cathage
- lost power 146 BC- Fall of Carthage
- Greeks or Romans destroyed area
- Turks captured
- 1516 AD
- Government
- kingship, Royal houses claimed divine descent
- limited power, powerful merchant families
- council of elders
- Law: most advanced code of law- destroyed when taken over
- Sea based civilization
- war
- Punic wars with Carthage
- Rome and Carthage
- Series of 3 wars
- 3rd war- Rome won
- Economic
- very diversified and complex
- heavily on trade
- trading and merchandising
- Social Classes
- King
- Social class
- middle class
- farmers, fisherman, craftsmen, merchants
- working class
- Geography
- Syria, Lebanon, Israel
- control all across Mediterranean Sea
- Lie of the east end of the Mediterranean
- around a lot of forests
- Lebanon mountains
- lived on a strip of fertile land
- divided into city-states
- Social- entertainment
- Music
- Social
- Religion
- many gods
- Main God: Astarte
- Religion
Assyrians
- Political
- led by king
- independent states- own rulers
- tax system- destroy villages
- The fall: over expansion
- 2nd rise: converted to Christianity
- religious empire
- first university
- Arabs cam and forced to switch to Islam
- mongol ends Assyrian empire
- Economic
- irrigation system
- Education and Religion
- education: upper classes
- religion: ashurism and Christianity
- Art
- wall drawings- war and hunting
- Sculptures- leaders
- Entertainment
- music
- sports
- games
- Gender Roles
- women- stay at home
- men- work-farm-leather producer- brick makers- carpentry
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