PPT-Ch. 1 Studying the Ancient World

What You Will Learn In this chapter you will learn how historians study the ancient world to unlock the mysteries of the past In this photo a diver examines an ancient jar off the coast of Israel. . The. Impact. of. Christianity. on. Culture. and. Politics. The Ancient World - Christianity. t . e M T. The Romans used great public projects to make their empire the most advanced of the ancient world. . The Romans particularly excelled at building roads. The roads made it easier the Romans to travel, move troops, collect taxes and trade with faraway provinces. The expression, “All Roads Lead To Rome” refers to . Egypt. The people of ancient Egypt did not have scientific explanations for natural phenomena. . They believed sunshine . and . the great Nile River . were . gifts from their . many . gods. The beliefs . Work and Family Life. Trade. Some Egyptians traveled to the upper Nile to trade with other Africans.. Exports. (what they took with them):. Scrolls. Linen. Gold. Jewelry. Imports. (what they brought back):. TEMPLES. Ancient India – Achievements. Magnificent temples—both Hindu and Buddhist—were built all around India. They remain some of the most beautiful buildings in the world . today. Gupta. temples were topped by huge towers and were covered with carvings of the god worshipped inside. By: Sax Morgan. Location. The Obelisks were built in Ancient Egypt.. The structures do not have a specific year when they were built.. Most of the Obelisks are still in tact and have been moved around the world for public display.. The Pyramids ' Egypt. No list of the greatest structures of the ancient world would be complete without a mention of the famous Pyramids in Egypt. The Pyramid of . Djoser. , the oldest of the Pyramids, is estimated to have been built around the year 2630 B.C. Still today, experts have not been able to come up with a solid conclusion to explain how the ancient Egyptians built these perfectly aligned buildings using nothing but physical strength. It is presumed that as many as 100,000 slaves worked over the years to build these immense, mysterious tombs, which are still considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.. Mesopotamia. Geographic Location. The area lies between the . Tigris. & . Euphrates. Rivers in modern day Iraq.. Mesopotamia. Advances. Bronze. Metallurgy. Cuneiform. (wedge shaped writing). Pictograph: picture representation. 1. Ancient Astronomy. Many ancient cultures took a keen interest in the changing nighttime sky. The records and artifacts that have survived until the present make that abundantly clear. . 2. Ancient Astronomy. Keyboard. (Encoding). Disk. (Storage). Monitor. (Retrieval. Sequential Process. Studying memory. Memory. Persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. The Pyramids ' Egypt. No list of the greatest structures of the ancient world would be complete without a mention of the famous Pyramids in Egypt. The Pyramid of . Djoser. , the oldest of the Pyramids, is estimated to have been built around the year 2630 B.C. Still today, experts have not been able to come up with a solid conclusion to explain how the ancient Egyptians built these perfectly aligned buildings using nothing but physical strength. It is presumed that as many as 100,000 slaves worked over the years to build these immense, mysterious tombs, which are still considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.. in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. There were over 2000 gods- that’s a lot more than all of the gods in all of the different religions that exist nowadays! The gods were male, or female (goddesses) and were often shown as having the body of a human and the head of an animal or bird. . Redeemer. Location‎. : ‎Rio de Janeiro, . Brazil. Importance. : It is an important icon of Brazilian Christianity, and it has also come to symbolize Rio. It is the fifth largest statue of Jesus in the world, and was also at one point the world's tallest Art Deco statue. Ancient Axum. Ancient Kush. Kingdoms in North Eastern Africa:. The Nile River Valley. Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt. In the Nile River Valley, kingdoms arose because of agricultural growth, urbanization and the creation of large-scale political units. (5000-4000 B.C.E.) .