Understanding Our Past: The Dawn of History, Beginnings of Civilization, Geography

Understanding Our Past: The Dawn of History, Beginnings of Civilization, Geography
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Slide1Understanding our PastThe Dawn of History Beginnings of Civilization

Slide2Geography The study of people, their environments and the resources available to them.

Slide35 Themes of Geography#1 LOCATION  Location:  Pinpoint the location of the place being studied- uses  longitude-  the  east and west  of the Prime Meridian and  Latitude  the distance  north and south  of the equator. “Where in the world are you?”

Slide4#2 Place What are the physical features of this location and the people who live there? “Why is that hairy guy jumping into the waterfall?”

Slide5#3 Human-Environment Interaction Humans are shaped by the environment in which they live  Humans shape the environment in which they live Who needs trees when you can have Amazon Disney?

Slide6#4 Movement The transporting of people, goods and ideas from one place to another Pack up the recipe for Crusty Crab Burgers…we’re moving!

Slide7#5 Region Divisions in the world that share a common theme:  Geographers can divide the world by physical characteristics, political, economic or cultural features

Slide8Prehistory A time before writing was invented  No cities, governments or complex inventions

Slide9Anthropology Studies the origins and development of societies and people  Different specialties within the field  Cultural in this field means life of a society is handed down between generations

Slide10Archaeology A branch of anthropology that studies past people and cultures  Archaeologist examine artifacts from the past to understand how people lived  Rely on Technology

Slide11Technology From an archaeological point of view technology refers to the skills and tools people use to meet their needs

Slide12The Old Stone AgePaleolithic Age   Dates from about 2 million BC- to the first stone tools  10,000 BC  Period ends with the introduction of farming  Broken into 3 eras  Early (Lower) Paleolithic 2 million -250,000 years ago  Middle Paleolithic 250,00-45,000 years ago  Late (Upper) Paleolithic 45,000 – 20,000 years ago (cave drawings)

Slide13Paleolithic People Hunters and gathers  Nomads- they moved from place to place- following the herds and vegetation Stone Tools from the Lower Paleolithic Period—Olduvai Gorge Tanzania

Slide14Paleolithic Religion Evidence of animism has been found  Belief that everything living and inanimate has a spirit and soul  Considered the oldest religion  Example Cave paintings asking spirits for help with a good hunt

Slide15Mother Goddess Mother Goddess ensures    the continuation of the    clan

Slide16Agricultural Revolution Leads To NeolithicAge  The ability to farm transformed Paleolithic people into the Neolithic age  Began about 11, 000 years ago in the Middle East  Nomadic lifestyle was abandoned  Domestication of animals  Increase in Population  Specialization in work

Slide17Farming  Domestication of animals  Increase in Population  Specialization in work force  Increase in new technologies  (calendars, woven cloth, stone axes)

Slide18Beginnings of Civilization A  civilization   is a complex, highly organized social order.  Earliest civilizations began along rivers

Slide19Tigris – Euphrates RiversModern Day Iraq

Slide20Nile River Valley

Slide21Indus Valley Civilization- India- PakistanRegion

Slide22Yellow River- China

Slide23Civilizations in the Americas Incas, Aztecs emerged in the highlands of Peru and Mexico  Focus was religious centers

Slide24Features of a Civilization Despite arising in different parts of the globe all ancient civilizations shared 8 features

Slide25#1 Cities At the heart of all civilizations was a major city Ruins of Harappa- Mohenjo-Daro Region of India

Slide26#2 Organized Government As society become more complex city governments were needed to organize society  First Priests then warrior kings became political leaders

Slide27#3 Complex Religions Polytheistic  Neolithic People believed in multiple gods Sumerian Ziggurat – in modern day Iraq

Slide28#4 Job Specialization No longer needed everyone to hunt and gather  Increased population allowed people to specialize in certain crafts– many became artisans

Slide29#5 Social Classes Specialization led to classes  People were ranked by their jobs  Priests and nobles usually at the top  Wealthy merchants  Artisans  Peasant Farmers –lived by the city in outlining villages

Slide30Social Hierarchy Priests  Merchants  Artisans  Peasant Farmers  

Slide31#6 Arts and Architecture Expressed the beliefs and values of the people  Buildings were a sign of wealth and strength

Slide32#7 Public Works Building projects that support the city  Irrigation systems, roads, bridges and defensive walls

Slide33#8 Writing Priests were the first to use writing  Primary use for agriculture-record grain collected, accurate info about seasons  Earliest was  pictograms-simple drawings that looked like the objects they represented

Slide34Cultural Diffusion A civilizations grew so did trade and interaction with other people  Cultural Diffusion is the spread of ideas, customs and technologies from one people to another.  It occurs through trade, migration and warfare