1. Pre-Class
Guided Reading: Early Civilizations
On Google classroom

2. 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

3. Stone Age Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period
about 3 million years ago

5. Pre-Stone Age People
Eastern Africa
gathered – may have hunted

6. Early Achievements Stone tools and weapons
Controlled fire – 200,000 to 400,000
Video 2:50 – 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

7. HUMAN EXPANSION Spread of humans What are basic human needs? Nomads
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

8. 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 11:00

9. First Civilizations
Highly organized group of people with their own language and way of living

10. Location Developed in river valleys
South Asia, East Asia, North Africa

11. Government Organized people for building projects Priest-Kings
Palaces, irrigation systems
Priest-Kings
Government and religion closely connected

12. Religion Priest-Kings Connected to nature
Priests alone knew ceremonies to please the god
Connected to nature

13. Specialized Jobs Artisans – skilled craft workers Merchants Traders
Weavers, metalworkers
Merchants
Traders
Farmers

14. Social Classes King Priests and Nobles
owned and controlled land
Government Officials and Merchants
Farmers and Artisan
Majority
Slaves
Conquered people

15. Record Keeping System of writing pictographs
records for taxes and religious purposes

16. Diffusion
Inventions were borrowed, changed, and improved by other civilizations
Civilizations thrived and advanced through diffusion

17. The World in 1300

18. Islamic Civilizations
Spain to China
Trade brings wealth to..
Middle East
West African Kingdoms
Delhi Sultans in Northern India

19. China Mongols controlled trade routes (Silk Road) Chinese technology
Crash Course Mongols 11:30

20. Empires in America
Aztec and Incas

21. Europe Fringes of trade routes
Less developed than China, Middle East, India because of limited trade and fighting

22. Why did Islamic Civilizations and China become powerful by the 1300’s?
Trade
Trade brings wealth, benefits of diffusion and power

23. Development of Civilization

24. 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.

25. The Agricultural Society

26. The Specialized Society
Villages and Towns
Village
Town

27. City-State
Athens

28. The Civilized Society Roman Empire Ottoman Empire Persian Empire
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
Ottoman Empire
Persian Empire

29. The Industrialized Society

30. Development of Civilization
Nomadic Society
Agricultural Society
Specialized Society (villages/towns)
City-States
The Civilized Society
Industrialized Society

31. Guided Reading Answers
Developed better tools and weapons
Learned to farm and domesticate animals
Conditions favored farming
Leaders of government and believed to speak directly with gods
Official needed to keep records
Diffusion through travelers and traders
Controlled Trade routes to the west
Fringes of trade routes and fighting