Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 080918 1, 3, 5th Periods: Which of these developments would you say was the most significant advance in the pre-historic (before written languages) period? Fire- Tools- Farming- Give a reason for your choice. Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.1 What are some of the main characteristics of the human species? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.1 What are some of the main characteristics of the human species? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.1 What are some of the main characteristics of the human species? www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/history-beginnings/origin-humans-early-societies/v/history-and-prehistory Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.1 What are some of the main characteristics of the human species? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.2 What were the most significant human achievements before the rise of agriculture and what were the early patterns of human migration? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.2 What were the most significant human achievements before the rise of agriculture and what were the early patterns of human migration? www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/origin-humans-early-societies/v/peopling-the-earth Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.2 What were the most significant human achievements before the rise of agriculture and what were the early patterns of human migration? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 1.2 What were the most significant human achievements before the rise of agriculture and what were the early patterns of human migration? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.1 What were the main features of civilization as a form of human organization? 1. Economic surplus 2. Formal government 3. Written language 4. Developing urban centers Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.2 What did the river valley civilizations have in common? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.2 What did the river valley civilizations have in common? Mesopotamia: Sumer- cuneiform- Ziggurats- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.2 What did the river valley civilizations have in common? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.2 What did the river valley civilizations have in common? Mesopotamia: Sumer- cuneiform- Ziggurats- Akkadian- code of laws- Babylon- Hammurabi- Assyria- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.2 What did the river valley civilizations have in common? Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.3 How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian political structures compare? Egypt- Pharaoh- Pyramids- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.3 How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian political structures compare? Egypt’s Nile river valley Strong monarch from the military class- Distinct levels of class (hierarchy of status) below Powerful religious leader status- Codified law Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.4 How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian religions compare? Polytheism- animism- Monarchy supported by the gods- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.5 Why do we know less about Harappan civilization than about Egypt? Aryan Migration- Harappa- Arrival of Aryans: Hinduism: Buddhism: Mauryan and Gupta empires: Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.5 Why do we know less about Harappan civilization than about Egypt? "India's Caste System." 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.6 How does early China illustrate the main features of river-valley civilizations? Shang dynasty Zhou dynasty •Major schools of thought: Confucianism- Daoism- Legalism- •Qin and Han dynasties: Qin dynasty- Han dynasty- "Analects of Confucius" Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.7 How did conditions in the Americas differ from those in Asia and north Africa during the formation of early civilizations? Olmecs- Chavin de huantar- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.7 How did conditions in the Americas differ from those in Asia and north Africa during the formation of early civilizations? Olmecs- Chavin de huantar- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations
Early Human Societies, 2.5 million-600B.C.E.: Origins and Development 2.7 How did conditions in the Americas differ from those in Asia and north Africa during the formation of early civilizations? Chavin de huantar- Human Pre-history to Early Civilizations