1. Global Midterm Project By Julie Apuzzo and Johanna Cohen

2. 3 Million Years Ago-Present Australopithecines, homo habilis, homo erectus, Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons are our ancestors Neolithic Revolution was the agricultural revolution

3. Fertile Crescent Located in between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Was home to the Mesopotamia and Sumer civilizations

4. Hammurabi’s Code First set of written laws; eye for an eye Laws were put into place when Sumer was conquered

5. Egypt Egypt is “Gift of the Nile” Narmer united upper and lower Egypt Believed in theocracy

6. Indus Valley Civilization Located on the Indus River Had Monsoons Used Urban planning

7. River Valley China Located on yellow river Loess (yellow silt from river) Mandate of Heaven Feudalism Dynastic Cycle

8. Hinduism Started with nomads in the Indus Valley (1500 B.C.) Caste System

9. Buddhism Started by Siddhartha Gutama of India Believed in four noble truths Wanted Nirvana

10. Christianity and Judaism Christianity derived from Judaism Constantine of Rome accepted Christianity Monotheistic

11. Daoism/Taoism – harmony with nature Animism – belief that all things have a soul

12. Philosophers of Greece – Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Peloponnesian Wars – between Athens and Sparta Devian League – Greek city-states united to defeat Persia Greece was a democracy

13. Alexander The Great From Macedonia Conquers and unites Greece, Egypt, Persia, and part of India Hellenistic Culture

14. Punic Wars Between Hannibal of Carthage and Rome Rome won

15. Roman Republic 12 tables – written laws Patricians – wealthy land owners Plebeians – poor farmers 3 branches

16. Fall of the Republic Falls mainly because of rich and poor gap, and corruption in the government Last consul was Julius Caesar

17. Roman Empire Pax Romana Started by Augustus Diocletian divided the empire Fell for same reasons as republic

18. Byzantine East part of former Roman empire Preserved Roman culture Justinian and Theodora

19. Mauryan Empire United Northern India for the first time Asoka promoted religious tolerance Chandragupta Mauryan was first emperor

20. Guptan Empire Had India’s Golden Age Made many advanced discoveries, like the value of pi

21. Han Dynasty Lui Bang, Wudi and Wand Bang Confucianism Had many monopolies

22. By Julie Apuzzo and Johanna Cohen Global 1A Midterm Review