Unit 1: Early Civilizations: Beginnings

Mrs. Gosnell

World Civilization

Early Civilizations

DO NOW: How do we know people lived thousands of years ago??

HW: Using the notes, create a drawing of a typical day of life in the Paleolithic Age.

Early Civilizations

AIM: How did the Neolithic Revolution change how civilizations develop?

Do Now: You were just stranded on a deserted island. What would be five items that you would bring?

Create a venn diagram comparing & contrasting the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age.

AIM: Why did Hammurabi’s Code provide justice for Ancient Babylon?

Do Now:Agree or disagree – “an eye for an eye, a life for a life.” Explain.

HW: Create a set of ten laws, and their punishments for the classroom.

Prehistory

Time period before written record

Archaeologist Study of artifacts,

manmade materials Tools, weapons, and

pottery

Anthropology Study of fossils

Prehistory

Two periods Paleolithic Age

Old Stone Age Neolithic Age

New Stone Age

Paleolithic Age

Hunting Primary source of survival

Nomad Move from one place to follow animal herds

Weapons Made of wood, stone, and bone Easy to break

Paleolithic Age

Communications Sign language Drawings on cave walls Smoke signals Limited verbal language

Fire Most important discovery Cook, light, warmth, protection

Neolithic Age Farming

Grow a food supply Limited hunting

Villages Primitive forms of

government Leaders emerge

Bronze Stronger than earlier

weapons Alloy

Mix of copper and tin

Neolithic Age

Pottery Storage Cooking

Developments Wheel Sail Plow

Neolithic Age

Domestication Help in hunting Food source Protection

Barter Exchange goods for goods Early economics Fostered communication and cooperation

Early Civilizations

Early Settlements People settled in near

water Food supply

Drinking water Catch fish Hunt animals that

drank the water Transportation Agriculture

Irrigation Fertile Soil

Early Civilizations

Written language Tigris- Euphrates River Valley

Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent 1st alphabet created by the Phoenicians

Nile River Valley Longest River in the world Flows northward