HistoryWhat does the word mean?

Study of peopleTheir culturesTheir actions

Where does the word come from?His Story

ManBible is the original history bookJesus

Focal PointWhat is a focal point?

The center or most important point

Focal point of man’s historyJesus

Focal point of American historyCivil War

Learning from HistoryStudying the past

Able to understand why people did what they didAble to see how they reacted to events that took

place

Applied historyAble to make decisions to help with present &

futureAble to control our reaction so as not to repeat

mistakes

The World Before 1500

Societies of AmericasSocieties of Africa

Societies of Europe

Societies of Americas1st people in America

MigrationSedentary - permanentSemi sedentary – moved for farmingNon sedentary – moved for game, fish, or plants (food)

Rise of civilizationsComplex societies

Common languageCommon religionCommon artCommon dress

MesoamericaOlmec -1200-400 B.C.

Maize (corn)Colossal heads

Maya – 250-900 A.D.Large citiesGiant templesBall courts

Both died out before Europeans cameClimate changes, disease, warfare, famine, or

politics

MesoamericaInca – 1300-1500 A.D.

Modern day PeruVery advanced

System of roads that ran almost length of South America

Accurate calendarEarly clockMacchu PicchuWiped out by Pizarro

MesoamericaAztec – 1300-1500 A.D.

Advanced civilization like Europe Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City)

Built on an island on Lake Texcoco Lake was snake infested

Used strong military to conquer weak neighbors Forced labor of conquered enemies

Conquered by Cortes

Native North Americans 7 million in 1400 Lived according to environment

Inuit in AlaskaPueblo in desert SW Iroquois & Algonquin in NE (slash & burn agriculture)Cherokee, Choctaw, & Chickasaw in SESioux & Pawnee in Great Plains

Societies of AfricaSahara

Dry hot desert

SavannahLarge grasslands

Rain Forest Jungle

Societies of AfricaSocieties centered around water

Mediterranean sea to north Niger, Volta, & Sengal rivers to west

Islam carried by traders, travellers, & merchantsMuslims were followers of the Islamic prophet

Mohammed

Ghana – 700-1100 A.D.Complex society along Niger river

Mali – by 1200’sMansa Musa leader who took over Ghana &

promoted Islam

Slave Trade BeginsSlavery

Captured people used as forced unpaid labor

KongoLocated on Zaire river

NdongoSouthern neighbor who waged war & carried

enemies away as slavesBegan slave tradeTraded slaves with Europeans beginning in 1480s

Societies of EuropeMiddle or Dark Ages – 1300-1500 A.D.

Manor systemLords, Knights, & Serfs

Great Famine & Black Death 100 years war between France & Great Britain

Renaissance & ReformationPeople began to look outside the box

CopernicusCatholics & Protestants (Martin Luther)Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg

North Atlantic & South Atlantic current