PPT-Unit 1: The First Civilizations and Empires

Prehistory500 AD Topics to Cover This Unit 11 PrehistoryCivilization 12 Early Civilizations 13 Early Empires 11 PrehistoryCivilization Prehistory To study prehistoric humans historians must rely on archaeology and anthropology. Presented By The PAS Study Group. Paul . Landini. Anna . Mendelson. . Sofa Getachew. Comparison. Compare . and contrast the Han and Greek Empires in economic organization. :.  . . Despite . the fact that the Greek and Han Empires were similar in that they both used foreign trade to get the good they needed or wanted, they were really more different in that Greek had few natural resources due to unfertile land while the Han had many lucrative resources such as silk. Agriculturally, the Grecian Empire depended on slaves to farm their few crops but the Han did not use . 500.  . The . First Humans. Chapter 1, Section 1. Early Humans. Section 1-1 Early Humans, pp. 19-25. .  . Objectives:. .  . 1. By 10,000 B.C., Homo sapiens had spread throughout the world.. 6. :. Why do empires collapse? . A . comparative case study of the decline and fall of Era 3 empires. 1. What goes up must come down!. Empires rise, but they also fall.. This unit will look at empires at their strongest, and then explore why they fell apart. . Essential Question. : . What is the difference between . a “river valley civilization” &. an “empire”? . Class Activity. :. What is an “empire”? . How are “empires” different from . Section 2: Building a Muslim Empire. Abu Bakr- Muhammad’s father-in-law, was the first caliph, Islamic ruler. . Some Arab tribes did not want to follow Abu, however he was able to reunite tribes. . Land Empires. Control of huge lands & people. Requires large military investment. Vulnerable to land & sea routes. Requires massive infrastructure investment. Superior technology used to suppress natives. Third Edition. CHAPTER. 12. The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century. Copyright © . 2016 . by Bedford/St. . Martin’s. Distributed by Bedford/St. Martin's/Macmillan Higher Education strictly for use with its products; Not for redistribution.. Chinese & Indian Belief Systems. Mediterranean Belief Systems. Chinese & Indian Social Inequality. Begins 5 minutes after the bell rings. Today’s Topic: . Patriarchy & Roman Slavery. Ancient World, Classical Empires, and the Fall of the Classical World. We begin at about 8,000 . BCE. when village life began in the New Stone Age. . . Also known as the . Neolithic Revolution. . . . Paleolithic vs Neolithic Ages. c. 2 million . yrs. ago – c. 8000BCE. Old Stone Age. Hunter-Gatherer. Nomadic. Small populations. Kinship-oriented groups. c. 8000 BCE - . New Stone Age. Neolithic Revolution. River Valley Civilizations. Religious Development. Cornell note-taking method. Notes color-coded in . RED. go on this side of the line.. These items will include:. Main Ideas. Big Concepts. During this era world history was shaped by the rise of several large civilizations that grew from areas where the earlier civilizations thrived.. 1. They kept better and more recent records, so historical information about them is much more abundant. . Motives for Imperialism. In the late 1800s, Western countries wished to join Britain in building overseas empires. Imperialism. (the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region). . Satellite View. Africa’s Size. Second largest continent .  11,700,000 sq. mi.. 10% of the world’s population.. 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.. 5. 0. 0. 0. M. I. L. E. S. 4 6 0 0 M I L E S.