Pre-Class

• Guided Reading: Early Civilizations

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?• What type of scientist

researches prehistoric times?

• Archaeologist– Study of material remains of

human life & activities

• What kind of artifacts do archaeologist find?

• Anthropologist– Study humans & how they

interact with their environment & each other

• Puzzle

Stone Age

Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period

about 3 million years ago

Pre-Stone Age People

• Eastern Africa– gathered – may have hunted

Early Achievements

• Stone tools and weapons• Controlled fire – 200,000 to 400,000– video – I have Made Fire

• Language• Nomads: people who move place to place for

survival - hunted/adapted to climates• Ice Age – melting glaciers = rivers– New clothes

HUMAN EXPANSION• Spread of humans– Origin– Europe & Asia– Ice Bridge– Alaska & Canada– Settlement

• What are basic human needs?

• Nomads• Fire– 750,000 years ago– Home is where the warmth is

1st Agricultural Revolution• 10,000 BC– river valleys• Learned to farm and domesticate animals– Food produces– Pastoralists - are people who live by tending and breeding

domesticated animals.

• Effects– Permanent communities– Increased population– Development of government and religion– New technologies– Crash Course Agricultural Revolution Video

First Civilizations

Highly organized group of people with their own language and way of

living

Location

• Developed in river valleys– South Asia, East Asia, North Africa

Government

• Organized people for building projects– Palaces, irrigation systems

• Priest-Kings– Government and religion closely connected

Religion

• Priest-Kings– Priests alone knew ceremonies to please the god

• Connected to nature

Specialized Jobs

• Artisans – skilled craft workers– Weavers, metalworkers

• Merchants• Traders• Farmers

Social Classes

1. King2. Priests and Nobles – owned and controlled land

3. Government Officials and Merchants4. Farmers and Artisan– Majority

5. Slaves– Conquered people

Record Keeping

• System of writing– pictographs– records for taxes and religious purposes

Diffusion

• Inventions were borrowed, changed, and improved by other civilizations

• Civilizations thrived and advanced through diffusion

The World in 1300

Islamic Civilizations

• Spain to China• Trade brings wealth to..– Middle East– West African Kingdoms – Delhi Sultans in Northern India

China

• Mongols controlled trade routes (Silk Road)• Chinese technology

Empires in America

• Aztec and Incas

Europe

• Fringes of trade routes– Less developed than China, Middle East, India

because of limited trade and fighting

Why did Islamic Civilizations and China become powerful by the 1300’s?

• Trade– Trade brings wealth, benefits of diffusion and

power

Development of Civilization

The Nomadic Society

• The nomadic society, also known as hunters and gatherers, are constantly on the move in order to acquire food sources.

• Since plants change with the seasons and animals follow the plants, human beings in a nomadic society therefore must follow these food resources around.

• The members of the tribe rely on the interdependence of others in order to survive.

• Interdependence is the mutual dependence between people, groups, states, etc., for goods, resources, and labor.

• Roles in the nomadic society are based on survival skills and experience.

The Agricultural Society

Villages and Towns

Village Town

The Specialized Society

City-State

The Civilized Society

• Civilizations developed with complex organizations which were highly specialized in all elements of culture.

• Writing

• The first writing developed to keep track of trade.

• Scribes were officials who could read and write and kept the records of the religion/government.

• Priest-kings led the city-states as both rulers of the government and religion.

• Interdependence developed between regions.

• River systems increased in significance to control trade.

• City-states combined to form kingdoms and contiguous empires.

• Social Classes developed based on specialization

• The caste systems developed in some societies in order to maintain social order.

Roman Empire

Persian Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Industrialized Society

Guided Reading Answers1. Developed better tools and weapons2. Learned to farm and domesticate animals3. Conditions favored farming4. Leaders of government and believed to speak directly

with gods5. Official needed to keep records6. Diffusion through travelers and traders7. Controlled Trade routes to the west8. Fringes of trade routes and fighting9. B 10. A 11. C