START WITH ART

Using works of art to lay the cultural foundations for the

six distinct time periods of AP World History

OBJECTIVE To start a new unit with material designed to focus

students’ attention and interest To lay the cultural foundations for the varying

societies we will study. To pique students’ interest to want to see and/or

read more on the subject To create a sense of awe and wonder for history and

art. To provide materials for discussion and higher order

thinking skills.

PRE-HISTORY Cultures

Hunter-Gatherer societies Farmers Pastoral Herders

Types Figurtive or Symbolic

Venus Statues Painting shapes

Body, portable, parietal Adorn the body Art to be carried Art in caves, Stonehenge

CAVE PAINTINGS

Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain

MONOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE

VENUS FIGURINES

Where used Paleolithic Societies Neolithic Societies Villages

“Earth Mother” Female-centered

religious cults Fertility

RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONSAncient Civilizations

Hearth Civilizations Tigris-Euphrates: Sumer, Akkad, Babylon Nile Indus Yellow River Olmecs

Changes from Neolithic to Civilization Complex religion Institutions such as states Specialization Architecture becomes critical

MESOPOTAMIA

Sumerian Seals Ziggurats Epic of Gilgamesh Deities statues Gold jewelry Bas-relief Hammurabi’s code

EGYPT

Pyramids Funerary statues Hieroglyphics Deity Statues Frescos Sarcophagus Book of the Dead

CHINA Yang-Shao pottery Oracle Bones Ideographs Silk Paintings Shang Bronzes Zhou Bronzes

MOHENJO-DAROHARAPPA

Terracota statues Indus Seals Gold jewelry Bronze Dancer Architecture Public Baths

OLMEC Basalt heads Glyphic proto-alphabet Architecture

San Lorenzo La Venta

Stone stelae Jade Were

Jaguar figurines

1200 BCE TO 600 CETHE CLASSICAL AGE

Classical Civilizations India from the Aryans to the Gupta China from the Zhou to the Han SW Asia of the Assyrians and Persians Mediterranean of the Greeks and Romans Africa of the Ethiopians and Nubians Nomadic and Pastoral Peoples

Changes in Themes from Ancient Cultures Rise of Cosmopolitan (Trans-regional) cultures Rise of Cosmopolitan religions, philosophies Increased Interactions: War, Trade, Exchanges Stratification of classes; rise of aristocracy Rise of large metropolis centers

EARLY BELIEF SYSTEMS

Polytheism Judaism Philosophy Hinduism Confucianism Daoism Buddhism Christianity

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CLASSICAL SOUTHWEST ASIA

Empires Assyria Babylon Persia

Other Cultures Phoenicians Jews

Images of state power Trading goods Images of chief gods

CLASSICAL EAST ASIA

Dynasties Western Zhou Qin Han

First Chinese Empire Philosophies

Lao Tzu Confucius Legalism

Trade and Silk Road The Mean People

CLASSICAL INDIA

Timeline 16 Great States Rise of Aristocratic Republics Persian and Greek Intrusions Mauryan Dynasty Guptan Dynasty Kushan Period

Religious Influences Hinduism Buddhism Jainism

Influences on arts Constant movement Conquest by outsiders Blending of cultures Rise of castes Contacts through trade

CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEANEarly Period to 700 BCE

Cultures Phoenicians Minoans Mycenaeans Etruscans Kelts

Influences Cosmopolitan cultures Popular Movement Exchanges of ideas, goods Conquest and War Importance of state

CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEANGreece and Persia

Periods Hellenic Greeks Hellenistic Greeks

Antigonids Ptolemies Seleucids

Parthians Sasanids

Themes Rationality Reason Realism Balances Exchanges

CLASSICAL ROMERepublican and Imperial

Rome Republic Imperial Hellenistic

Culture Veritas Realism Practical Utility Emphasis on state Architecture Blending of cultures

CLASSICAL PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICAS

Mesoamericas Maya Toltec Aztec

Andean Inca

Themes Indigenous Tribute states Environment

NOMADS & SEMI-NOMADIC PEOPLES

Eurasia Indo-Europeans Indo-Aryans Indo-Iranians Xiong-nu (Huns)

Africa Nok Bantu

Pacific Polynesians

Themes Portable Decorative Personal Often utilitarian