MONDAY- no school (Labor Day)
TUESDAY-
Earliest Homo Sapiens (found in Morocco) Oldest Homo Sapien fossils found so far (300-350,000 years ago) Controversial - truly homo sapiens or early modern humans
Neanderthal vs Cro-Magnon vs Modern
Agricultural/Neolithic Revolution - lived in groups and hunter animals, more farming, planting crops and getting domestic animals
As time went on, people started setting up villages, which thenm over time, turned into towns and then some into cities. Cities emerged, more complex ways of thinking and living emerged leading to civilization. As cities grew, social clases emerged
Define Civilization - (Highly advanced society) advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry and government has been reached
5 Traits Of A Civilization
-Advances cities
-Writing/Record keeping
-Specialized workers
-Complex Institutions
-Advanced technology
WEDNESDAY-
The 5 Traits of a Civilization
Speicialied Workers (soldiers, farmers, teachers, priest)
Complex Institutions - Foraml governments with officials and laws, priest with religious power,
Advanced Cities- population doubled
Record Keeping - records, tablets, events
Advanced Technology - wheel, sailboat, weapons
Questions to Consider -
What are natural borders? rivers, travel, water, fish, irregation
Why are defensible borders important for a civilization to thrive? Defense
Rivers - Nile, Mesopotamia, Indus River Region, Huang Ho River Region
-Arose in 4 seperate river valleys around 3500 BC
-Fertile soil, mild climate, waterway for transportation, water for crops & drinking
-Provided for abundant crops and food surpluses
Fertiile Crescent - first word, area in between Tigris & Euphrates river (Iraq today) great civilization
Mesopotamia - greek for "land between the rivers"
City-state - big powerful cities that weren't united. a city and the surrounding territory it controls
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 only one god
Empire - Group of territories or natons ruled by a single ruler (China/Hong Kong/Roman/Persian/British/American)
THURSDAY-
Mandate from Heaven
-a just ruler that has approval from the gods
-an unjust ruler can lost their mandate to rule
Dynastic Cycle
-the rise, fall and replacement of dynasties
FRIDAY- work on presentations
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