8/26 Place your phone in a wall pocket Place your signed signature sheet in the “turn in” tray. Place your writing notebook in the appropriate class period crate. Although it lasted only 2 million years the Awkward Age was considered a hazardous time for most creatures.

Today’s AGENDA B-day Friday 8/26 A-day Thursday 8/25 6th @ 11:55 1ST @ 10:15 3RD @ 12:30 4TH @ 3:20 Essential Question: How did technological and environmental transformations affect the world during the foundational period (~ 8000 – 600 BCE) Period 1 & Period 5 – 9:05 – 10:33 Period 2 & Period 6 – 10:40 – 12:14 Period 3 & Period 7 12:14 – [12:49 – 1:24] – 2:34 Period 4 & Period 8  – 2:41 – 4:15 AP Concept “Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth”

Why do we study history? https://vimeo.com/84466483 Why do we study history

History… What is History anyway?? Ok, so what’s prehistory? How Do we know when things happened? Calendars “Zero” AD,BC,BCE,CE, IDK, BFF??? Years and centuries

BC AD BCE CE c - circa C - century 299-200 199-100 99-0 0-99 100-199 200-299

PERIODIZATION Each period is defined by 3 conditions A geographic component Human Contact – increase/decrease Change in civilization-contracts/expands Parallel developments across globe

AP World History Technological and Environmental Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E. Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E. Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450 Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750 Industrialization and Global Integration, 1750 to 1900 Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, c. 1900 to the Present

Disagreement and “revisionist history” History is incomplete Selectivity Bias, distortion, & drama Sources Primary Secondary

Foundational Classical CIVILIZATIONS Egypt China Greece 3900bc 3200bc 2900bc 1900bc 1500bc 1000bc Mesopotamia India Israel

A new way of living FROM TO Agrarian and Pastoral societies Hunter-Gatherers

ANCIENT PERIOD 4,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE Beginning - Decline of Hunter/Gatherer Advent of Domestication/Agriculture Increase in Sedentary civilizations Two Sub-periods Neolithic “revolution” Ancient River Valley Civ. End Rise of large, regional empires

c. 3900 B.C.E. c. 3200 B.C.E. c. 1900 B.C.E. c. 2900 B.C.E.

Paleolithic Era -Hunting and gathering/foraging Neolithic Era ~10,000 bce Systematic Agriculture & Pastoralism ( farming & ranching) domestication of animals and plants Sedentary lifestyle leads to personal property End of day 1 along with trip to library

Hammurabi’s Code of Law

Hammurabi’s Code of Law

Egypt & Mesopotamia