Introduction to History 1 History is the science

Introduction to History 1. History is the science that studies how people lived in other times and what are the most important events from the past. For example: How people lived in the Roman Empire and their most important battles.

How do historians work? Historians observe, read and interpret the remains of our ancestors: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Oral source: They can talk with the witnesses of the past Written source: They can read text from the past. Iconographic source: They can observe pictures and photos Material source: They can study objects from the past EXAMPLE: ARQUEOLOGICAL SITE

Activities: Your own family tree Ask your family to complete your family tree. Write down your name, brothers and sister, parents, uncles, grandparents, great-grandparents, and more or less their time

Dates and ages How to count years? ◦ 10 years = 1 decade ◦ 100 years = 1 century ◦ 1000 years = 1 millennium Christian Era ◦ We count years from the birth of Jesus Christ. That was year 1. We divide years in before Christ (b. C) and after Christ (a. D). Year exist. zero doesn’t ◦ For example: we are living in 2020 a. D. , pyramid of Keops was built in 2450 b. C, so 4470 YEARS ago!!!!! Centuries: ◦ I century: from year 1 to year 100 ◦ XVIII century: from year 1701 to year 1800

BC: Before Christ AD: Anno Domini (after Christ)

How to work out a century Examples: 1 st CENTURY AD: From year 1 to 100 (included) 1 CENTURY BC: From year 100 BC to year 1 BC th 10 CENTURY: From 901 to 1000 st th ◦ Year 1345 AD: CORRESPOND TO the 14 CENTURY AD th ◦ Year 756 BC: CORRESPOND TO the 8 Century BC ◦ HERE YOU HAVE A VIDEO THAT EXPLAIN A TRICK: ◦ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=c. Ha. EYPv-E 4 U

TRICK TO COUNT CENTURIES Year 2007 AD ------ 20 XX ------ 20+1 = 21 ------ 21 st century AD = Siglo XXI a. C Year 99 BC ------ 0099 — 00 XX ------ 00+1 = 1 ----- 1 st century BC = Siglo I d. C EXCEPTIONS: All the years that ended in 00: 100, 200, 300…. . 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000 Year 300 AD ------ 3 XX ----- 3+1 NO!! /// 3 rd century AD = Siglo III a. C MILLENNIUMS FROM year 3001 BC to year 2000 BC = 3 rd Millennium BC FROM year 2001 BC to year 1000 AD = 2 nd Millennium BC FROM year 1000 BC to year 1 AD = 1 st Millennium BC --------------FROM year 1 AD to year 1000 AD = 1 st Millennium AD

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