Neolithic period
Why did neolithic man
create tools?
For Farming
Who were the “founders”?
Who were the “founders”? Who was
Rome heavily influenced by?
Identify different geographic features and ways they impacted society.
geographic features and ways they impacted society. Nile River: Resources, Travel / Trade, Bathing, Irrigation, Fertile soil Desert: Barrier, Isolation
Identify the different Mesopotamian civilizations.
different Mesopotamian civilizations. Fertile Crescent, Babylon, (Babylonians) Sumer, (Sumerians) Cuneiform) Persia, (Persians) Assyria (ASSYRIANS) Phoenicia, (Phoenicians) Alphabet Independent city-states
What were some of the major differences between Sparta and Athens?
Athens: Democratic (people run government) Lived on the coast: Good at sea based activities (Navy, trade, fishing) Sparta: Surrounded by mountains, isolated, warrior culture, Monarchy
How did the neolithic period differ from the
history before it?
history before it? Farming
People stayed in one place (Sedentary)
Didn’t have to hunt and forage as much
Who were the different
social classes?
Patricians / Plebeians
Identify different parts of
Egyptian culture including traditions,
architecture, social classes, religion, and
social expectations.
Polytheistic: Afterlife - mummification
Pyramids / Temples
Hieroglyphics
Pharaoh
Religious figures
Soldiers
Peasants / laborers
Hammurabi: Who was he? What did he do? Where was he from?
Babylonian King Hammurabi's Code - 1st Law code “Eye 4 eye, tooof 4 tooof”
What is Hellenism?
Blending of Greek culture with other cultures
What were some major characteristics of the neolithic period?
Stayed in one place Farming Civilizations start to form Domestication
How was life different
between men and women?
Women had minimal rights
Men always had control, even if the
husband dies
What does the word hieroglyphs mean?
a stylized picture of an object representing a word,
How was it broken down? Was it one society or split?
Independent city states
What type of government did the Greeks create? How did it impact the modern world?
Greeks = Democracy People run government United States and other countries still use Democracy
When did the Neolithic period start?
between 8000 and 6000 BC
What type of government did the Romans
create that influences the modern world?
Republic
What was the first pyramid to be built called?
the Step Pyramid
What great sea borders the western part of the Fertile Crescent?
Mediterranean Sea and on the East by the Persian Gulf.
What was the golden age of
Greece?
Height of Greek culture and success
Period of Greek peace
Creation of arts, technology, math,
science, philosophy
What is another name for it?
New stone age
What were some factors that contributed to the fall of Rome?
Limited resources, Taxes, Inflation
What is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt?
The Sphinx
Mesopotamia is between what two rivers?
Tigris-Euphrates
who was the leader during the golden ages
Pericles