Honors World History Cleveland High School Honors World

Honors World History Cleveland High School Honors World History

Ways in which we study History Archaeologist: a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. Historian: an expert in, especially that of a particular period, geographical region, or social phenomenon that uses written documents to study Genealogist: a person who traces or studies history through DNA and lines of family descent.

Genetic Eve Came out of Africa

PALEOLITHIC MAN Old Stone Age … to 10, 000 BCE

PALEOLITHIC MAN Old Stone Age Hunters and Gatherers Used tools for human use

PALEOLITHIC MAN Old Stone Age Developed Spoken Language Believed in Animism Buried dead with great care

PALEOLITHIC MAN Old Stone Age

NEOLITHIC TRANSITION “Neolithic Age” - 10, 000 BCE – 4000 BC Literal Meaning: New Stone Age

NEOLITHIC TRANSITION Global Warming led to Farming Permanent Villages

NEOLITHIC TRANSITION Animal Domestication

Neolithic New Stone Age Global Warming led to Farming Domesticated Animals Calendars Surplus = Growth in Population

NEOLITHIC TRANSITION Private Property Religion Based on Sun, Moon, Seasons Goal: Created a Class System (The more you had, the more important you were) Gender Roles Tribal Fertility and Crops (food) Women and men had different roles

Civilization First Cities River Valleys • • Iraq - Tigris and Euphrates Nile - Egypt Indus - Pakistan Yellow - China

FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION • Organized Government – First forms of government were Warriors, Priests

FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION • Complex Religions

FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION • Job Specialization – Artisan

FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION • Art and Architecture

FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION • Social Classes

FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION • Public Works

FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION • Writing

CUNAIFORM

Earliest reference to Hebrew/Christian God or Ancient Canaanite Pantheon of gods? El Ugaritic Text 1450 – 1200 BC Ras Shamra (Syria)