Origins of History History Vocabulary & Ideas – AD (Anno Domini) & BC (Before Christ) – CE (Common Era) & BCE (Before the Common Era) – The further back you go, the further off you are – History is full of lies – Some dates are more important than others – How do know how old stuff is? Relative Dating Radioactive Dating Genetic Trails

Origins of American History Questions: – Why did the Europeans want a faster route to Asia? – Why did the Europeans conquer the Americas and not the other way around? – How did people even get to the Americas?

Venus of Willendorf, 24,000 BCE One of the oldest known objects created by human hands. Conclusions: 1.) Humans are becoming highly skilled rock carvers. 2.) Humans are creating symbolic art.

Cave Art, Lascaux, France 15,300 BCE Conclusions: 1.) Humans are decorating their homes. 2.) Humans are making permanent homes in caves. 3.) They can draw better than Zuercher.

Asian-American Land Bridge 11,500 BCE Conclusions: 1.) Humans are advanced enough to move thousands of miles in search of food, water, and shelter 2.) Humans are colonizing the world.

Çatalhöyük, Turkey 7,500 BCE One of the oldest city ever discovered. Population: 10,000.

Silk Road: 3500 BC - Present

3100 BC

2667 BC

Characteristics of the State Population Territory Sovereignty Government Which is most important?

2560 BC Height: 481 ft. Base Perimeter: 3024 ft. Tallest structure until the Eiffel Tower is built in 1889

2500 BC

1479 BC

1279 BC

579 BC 551 BCE563 BC

Cleisthenes invents Democracy Chinese Build Great Wall

468 BCE – First recorded sighting of Haley’s Comet

210 BCE – Terracotta Army, China 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, 670 horses.

44 BCE – Death of Julius Caesar

4BCE – Birth of Jesus

100 – Pyramid of the Sun, Mexico Height: 233 ft. Base Perimeter: 2933 ft.

311 – Constantine Converts Roman Empire to Christianity

434 – Attila the Hun sacks Rome

570 – Birth of Muhammad

711 – Moorish Invasion of Iberia

814 – Charlemagne becomes King of the Holy Roman Empire (AKA Northern Europe)

1095 – Pope Urban II orders the First Crusade

1200 – Gun invented

1189 – King Richard I, 3 rd Crusade

Magna Carta, 1215