Prehistory River Valley Civilizations I Paleolithic Old Stone
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Prehistory – River Valley Civilizations
I. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) (2 million to 12000 BCE) A. As humans progressed, advanced humans … B. Mostly hunters/gatherers and … 1. People …
I. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) (2 million to 12000 BCE) CONT 2. Groups migrated to … C. Greatest accomplishment was … 1. Caused by ? ? ? a) Enabled by ? ? ? D. 14, 000 years ago end of last GREAT ice age providing better living conditions ? ? ?
II. Neolithic (New Stone Age) (10, 0004000 BCE) A. Agricultural Revolution 1. Invention of agriculture a) b) c) End of ice age resulted in: 1. ? ? ? 2. ? ? ? People began to … Animals … 2. Initially developed in the Middle East and independently arose in India, N. Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe 3. Transformation … a) b) Required ? ? ? 1. Who did the hard work? ? 1. As farmers cleared land they …
Neolithic (New Stone Age) (10, 0004000 BCE) CONT. 4. Allowed for ? ? ? WHY? ? ? a) Discovered uses for copper (4000 BCE) and development of bronze (3000 BCE) 1. Advent of tools allowed for … 2. This meant … 5. Pastorialist disseminated information a) Who? ? ? b) What? ? ? 1. New weapons 2. New modes of transportation
Neolithic (New Stone Age) (10, 0004000 BCE) CONT. 6. Technological Innovations led to ? ? ? a) Agricultural production, trade, and transportation b) Examples: 1. ? ? ? 2. ? ? ? 3. ? ? ? 4. ? ? ? 5. ? ? ? 7. What happens to the role of women with the advent of agriculture?
III. Civilization – Discussion • Is the term Civilization a synonym for good? – For each of the following words, tell me if they are negative or positive terms: • • Gender inequality Slavery Warlike Divisions in social-class – have/have nots Diseases Ruler and ruled Destruction of environment
III. Civilization CONT A. Why Civilization? 1. Need groups of people to … B. What defines a civilization? 1. Must contain all of the following: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) ? ? ? ? ? ? C. Scholars still debate the “true” definition
IV. Characteristics of River Valley Civilizations A. The “Big” 4 and the Americas 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mesopotamia Egypt India China Chavin Olmecs • (Tigris and Euphrates) (Nile) (Indus) (Hwang He / Yellow) What do all of these have in common?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
IV. Characteristics of River Valley Civilizations CONT B. Mesopotamia, China and the Americas developed ? ? ? Egypt and India ? ? ? 1. Despite trade and connections…
IV. Characteristics of River Valley Civilizations CONT C. Similarities 1. Use of … 2. Monumental Building … 3. Arts promoted by 1. Sculptures, paintings, and literature 4. Creation of …
IV. Characteristics of River Valley Civilizations CONT 5. Trade expanded from … a) Egypt and Nubia b) Mesopotamia and Indus Valley 6. Complex … 7. Creation of Legal Codes a) Hammurabi’s Code 8. Creation of new religions a) Vedic religions b) Hebrew monotheism c) Zoroastrianism
Writing Papyrus Sheets Cuneiform Tablet
Hieroglyphs
Writing Forms Sumerian Writing Hieroglyphics
Writing Forms Sanskrit Ancient Chinese
IV. Characteristics of River Valley Civilizations CONT D. Differences 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Egyptian economy was … Mesopotamian science and writing were… All created distinctive …. Egypt had … China developed …
IV. Characteristics of River Valley Civilizations CONT E. Decline of River Valley Civilizations 1. Most in decline by … WHY? ? ? 2. What did they leave behind?
V. Conclusion A. RVCs created… B. Civilization created ? ? ? BUT? ? ? 1. Increasing contacts vs. local identity C. The 4 major RVCs shared … but were radically different … HOW? ? ? WHY? ? ?
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