1. How Do We Measure Time?
Time, as we usually use it, is measured in years BC and AD.
BC (Before Christ) counts the years before the Birth of Jesus.
AD (Anno Domini) counts the years after the birth of Jesus.
Now in History we usually use the term BCE (before Common Era) instead of BC and CE (common Era) instead of AD.

2. Timeline example The Birth of Jesus-on Year 1 CE, or A.D.
…3 BCE 2 BCE 1 BCE
1 CE 2 CE 3 CE…..

3. Practice How many years ago was 8000 BCE?
How many years ago was 2500 CE?
How many years ago was 2000 CE?
Which came first, 1000 BCE or 1100 BCE?
Which came first, 500 CE or 500 BCE?
Which came first, 20 BCE or 20 CE?

4. Civilization

5. Foldable Notetaking!
We will be creating a foldable time with which to take notes.
Hot dog fold
2nd hot Dog Fold
Mark of five equal sections (about 1 ¾ in.) with a pencil
Draw a timeline arrow across the length of the foldable, and label it according to the diagram on the next slide.

6. Example Catal Huyuk Mesopotamia Egypt Indus River Yellow River
7000 BCE
3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
cut
cut
cut
cut
After copying the writing, use your scissors to cut each line, being careful to NOT CUT THROUGH THE BACK PIECE, this way the timeline will stay together.

7. Use pull out tab for notes

8. And Pull up for Map and Pictures

9. Civilization Surplus (Have more than enough)
Specialization-(different people have different jobs)
Social hierarchy (Some people are more important than others)
Writing-cuneiform(Mesopotamia)
Recording data
Writing laws
Make contracts, treaties
Taxes, census
Write down religious texts
philosophy, literature
“The Other”
Barbarians
Hunter gatherers
Nomadic peoples
Negative impacts
Lack of equality
Environmental impact

10. B. Catal Huyuk Southern Turkey Founded in 7000 BCE Covered 32 acres
Mud brick
Religious imagery-male hunters and mother goddesses
Toolmakers and jewelers
Forerunner of the first civilization, in nearby fertile crescent

12. C. Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
3500 BCE
Cuneform
Called Mesopotamia
Used bronze and copper
Pottery
Invented the wheel
Irrigation from rivers nearby
Region invaded by Sumerians, who brought cuneiform
Statues and frescoes of gods and goddesses
Science, astronomy
10, 60, 360-we still use for calculating circles and time.
Religious shrines-ziggurats
City states
Divine authority of kings
Invasion of Babylon-Hammurabi
Succeeded by the Assyrians and then the Persians.

14. D. Egypt
Nile river
3000 BCE
Stayed unified due to its being less open to invasion
Pharaoh-God king
Government directed economy
No independent business class like Mesopotamia
Irrigation from the Nile
Pyramids (from 2700 BCE)
Some interaction with the Kingdom of Kush
Art, mathematics(24 hour day)
Egypt heavily influenced Mediterranean cultures

16. E. Indus river valley
2500 BCE-Indus river in India
Large cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
Running water
Trade contacts with Mesopotamia
Distinct alphabet and art
Jewelry and metal working-use of Bronze

18. Yellow river (Huanghe) in china Considerable isolation
Some overland trading with india
Godlike kings of myth-P’an Ku
By 2000 BCE, they had advanced technology
Riding horses
Skilled pottery
1000 BCE they had iron
Ideographic symbols on bone
Science and astronomy arose early on
Music develops early according to oral legend
Simple mud houses
Shang dynasty(1500 BCE) created massive tombs and palaces

20. Time Quiz How many years ago was 1000 BCE?
How many years ago was 1000 CE?
How many years ago was 1500 CE?
Which came first, 1450 BCE or 1475 BCE?
Which came first, 1000 CE or 1000 BCE?
Which came first, 10 BCE or 10 CE?

21. How many years ago was 1000 BCE? 3012
5012
How many years ago was 10 BCE
2022
How many years ago was 1000 CE?
1012
How many years ago was 1500 CE?
512
Which came first, 1450 BCE or 1475 BCE?
Which came first, 1000 CE or 1000 BCE?
Which came first, 10 BCE or 10 CE?