1. Unit 7
Ancient Times

2. From Prehistory to History
The Palaeolithic
The Neolithic
The Metal Age
What is the most important
fact in the Palaeolithic?
What is the most important
fact in the Neolithic?
What is the most important
fact in The Metal Age?
The control of fire.
The discovery of agriculture and lifestock.
The discovery of metal

3. Writing. What is the most important
fact to change from Prehistory to History?
Writing.

4. History When does Ancient Times finish?
With the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Contemporary
Times
Ancient Times
Middle Ages
Modern Age
What is the most important
fact in Ancient Times?
The first writing appeared.

5. The birth of early civilisations
Which were the first civilisations that appeared in the river valleys of Asia and Africa?
Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and India.
Which were the next civilisations that created cities and extended their civilisation along the Mediterranean?
Phoenicians and Greeks.
Who fought to take the control of the Mediterranean Sea?
Carthaginians and Romans.
1. The birth of early civilisations

6. 2. The first civilisations in the Ibearian Peninsula
The pre-Roman peoples
How were the native peoples of the Iberian Peninsula called?
Pre-Roman peoples.
Which were the three groups in the Iberian Peninsula before the arrival of the first colonisers?
Northern peoples, the Celtiberians and the Iberians.
Northern peoples lived in round houses called ……………. They ……………. the land and kept …………….
castros
cultivated
lifestock
2. The first civilisations in the Ibearian Peninsula

7. 2. The first civilisations in the Ibearian Peninsula
fortified
The Celtiberians lived in ……………. houses. They ……………. the land, kept ……………. and were ……………. They didn’t know how to …………….
The Iberians lived ……………. houses. They ……………. the land, kept ……………. and were ……………. They were the first to learn about ……………. and …………….
cultivated
lifestock
metalworkers
write
fortified
cultivated
lifestock
craftspeople
writing
coins
2. The first civilisations in the Ibearian Peninsula

8. 2. The first civilisations in the Ibearian Peninsula
The first colonisers
What did Phoenicians invent?
The alphabet.
What colonies did they create?
Gades and Malaka.
What did Greeks invent?
Democracy and mythology.
What cities did they found?
Rhode and Emporion.
2. The first civilisations in the Ibearian Peninsula

9. Ancient Rome What are the four periods during Ancient Rome?
The beginnings of Rome, 8th century BC.
Pax Augusta, 27 BC.
The 3rd century.
The division of the Roman Empire, 395 AD.
3. Ancient Rome

10. The beginnings of Rome Where and when was Rome founded?
In the Italian Peninsula in the 8th century BC.
What happened in the year 509 BC?
Romans organised a republic that was governed by
a Senate.
What happened in the year 300 BC?
Rome fought the Punic Wars against Carthaginians.
What is Romanisation?
Romans brought their rules and culture to the
new territories.
3. Ancient Rome

11. Pax Augusta What happened in the year 27 BC?
Octavio Augustus was named emperor and the Senate lost its power.
How did Romans called their extension around the Mediterranean Sea?
Mare Nostrum that means “nuestro mar”.
What was the territory divided into?
Provinces.
How was the relatively peaceful period called?
Pax Augusta.
3. Ancient Rome