Global History Regents Review Mr. DiDomenico

–the knowledge a people have –the language a people speak. –the ways in which they eat and dress. –their religious beliefs. –their achievements in art and music. Human Culture Culture is…

Technology  Improving their technology–the skills and knowledge available for collecting material and making the objects necessary for survival–early people began to create specialized tools, such as food choppers, skin scrapers, and spear points.

 The use of stone tools by early people led historians to name prehistory as the Stone Age. The Stone Age –Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) 2.5 million B.C. – 12,000 B.C. –Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) 12,000 B.C. – 8000 B.C. –Neolithic (New Stone Age) 8000 B.C. – 5000 B.C.  Three Eras

 Because new agricultural methods led to tremendous changes in people’s lifestyles, this period is called the Neolithic Revolution.   During the earlier Mesolithic period, people domesticated animals, taming them for human purposes. The Neolithic Revolution  During the Neolithic period, society made one of its greatest cultural changes–the shift to agriculture. 

River Valley Civilizations 3 of 14  The earliest cities uncovered so far lie in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (c B.C. ) in present-day Iraq.  Cities also arose in the Indus River valley (c B.C. ) in I ndia.  The first urban communities in China appeared in the Huang He valley (c B.C. ).  Nile River in Egypt- Cities rose from farming settlements in the river valley

Key terms: mummification, monarchy, dynasty, theocracy, bureaucracy, pharaoh, empire, polytheism, hieroglyphics Geography and Ancient Egypt Nile River was center of Egyptian life. Flooding of Nile brought fertile soil Irrigation, trade, travel

Geography and Sumer (Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia)  Architecture: ziggurats- stepped temples  Cuneiform: written language  Code of Hammurabi: law code based on principle of “an eye for an eye”

Geography and Ancient India  Indus River Valley in modern day Pakistan  Remains of first planned cities

Geography and China  Dynasties ruled by emperors governed China for over 3000 years  Mandate of Heaven- the right to rule given to the dynasty by the Gods  Dynastic Cycle- rise and fall of dynasties based on the Mandate of Heaven

Ancient Hebrews  Monotheism- belief in One God  Religion of the Hebrews= Judaism  The Ten Commandments - Hebrew code of laws

A side effect of trade was cultural diffusion, the exchange of goods and ideas when civilizations come in contact. Cultural Diffusion