Creating a TimelineCreating a TimelineWhat do we need to know?

Timeline LingoTimeline Lingo

BC – before ChristBCE – before the common eraAD – Latin meaning “Anno

Domini”Translated “In the year of the

Lord” CE – Common Era

Timeline Lingo Cont…Timeline Lingo Cont…Pre-History: All events before the

written wordHistory: All events after the

written wordDecade – 10 years Century – 100 yearsMillennium – 1000 yearsWe live in the 21st Century

◦230 AD = 3rd Century

Getting started:Getting started:On the front of your time line

sheet draw a line starting about an inch from the end.

Draw this line all the way across your sheet just like it is on the board

So what do we put first:So what do we put first:

Any suggestions???

Right lets go with the first humans…

Any idea where the oldest human remains have been found?

First box:First box:4,000,000 BCFirst hominids

appear in Africa ◦Early hominid

footprint

What do these footprints tell us?

Second box:Second box:2,500,000 BCPaleolithic Age

begins (Old Stone Age)

First time we see tools

What did they use these for?

Third Box:Third Box:1,600,000 BC Homo Erectus appears (‘upright

man’)

Fourth Box:Fourth Box:200,000 BC Neanderthals appear

What is a Neanderthal? ◦Powerfully built, thick bones,

developed religious beliefs, and resourceful.

Fifth box:Fifth box:40,000 BC Cro-Magnons

emerge

What is a Cro-Magnon? ◦Skelton identical

to modern humans

Sixth Box:Sixth Box:8000 BC Neolithic Age begins (new stone

age)First signs of agriculture takes

place

Seventh Box:Seventh Box:3,000 BCBronze AgeRefers to the

time when people began using bronze, rather than copper and stone.

River Valley CivilizationsRiver Valley Civilizations

Next time line period:Next time line period:3950 – 1000 BC River Dynasties in China

Second timeline period:Second timeline period:3500 – 1800 BC City-States in Mesopotamia

Third time line period:Third time line period:3000 – 2000 BC Ancient Egypt

Fourth time line period:Fourth time line period:2500 – 1700 BCIndus Valley Civilizations

Lets check out the book:Lets check out the book:Fill out the chart using page 56 in

your book. You do not have to copy word for

word but make sure you cover the main points

Early River Valley Early River Valley CivilizationsCivilizations

Meso- potamia

Egypt Indus Valley

China

Environment

Power and Authority

Science and Technology

For Example:For Example:In the first box I would write:

◦Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates ◦Unpredictable flooding ◦No natural barriers, limited

resources.

Now think what each of these means for their day to day lives in Mesopotamia?

Greece on TopGreece on Top2000 B.C.Minoan Civilizations on Crete

GreeceGreece1500 B.C. Mycenaean culture on Greece

mainland

GreeceGreece1200 B.C. Trojan War

GreeceGreece750 B.C. Greek city-

states flourish

GreeceGreece479 B.C. Greece Triumphs in

Persian Wars

GreeceGreece334 B.C. Alexander starts to build his

empire

Rome on the bottomRome on the bottom753 B.C. Rome founded

RomeRome509 B.C. Rome becomes a Republic

RomeRome264 B.C. 1st Punic War

RomeRome218 B.C. 2nd Punic War

RomeRome149 B.C. 3rd Punic War

RomeRome100 B.C. Julius

Caesar born

RomeRome44 B.C. Caesar named dictator for life Killed in the same year

RomeRome31 B.C. Octavin defeats Anthony and

Cleopatra

RomeRome284 A.D. Diocletian becomes emperor of

Rome

RomeRome330 A.D. Constantine moves capitol

RomeRome476 A.D. Western Roman Empire falls