Creating a Timeline What do we need to know?

Timeline Lingo BC – before Christ BCE – before the common era AD – Latin meaning “Anno Domini” Translated “In the year of the Lord” CE – Common Era

Timeline Lingo Cont… Pre-History: All events before the written word History: All events after the written word Decade – 10 years Century – 100 years Millennium – 1000 years We live in the 21st Century 230 AD = 3rd Century

Getting started: On the front of your time line sheet draw a line starting about an inch from the end. Draw this line all the way across your sheet just like it is on the board

So what do we put first: Any suggestions??? Right lets go with the first humans… Any idea where the oldest human remains have been found?

First box: 4,000,000 BC First hominids appear in Africa Early hominid footprint What do these footprints tell us?

Second box: 2,500,000 BC Paleolithic Age begins (Old Stone Age) First time we see tools What did they use these for?

Third Box: 1,600,000 BC Homo Erectus appears (‘upright man’)

Fourth Box: 200,000 BC Neanderthals appear What is a Neanderthal? Powerfully built, thick bones, developed religious beliefs, and resourceful.

Fifth box: 40,000 BC Cro-Magnons emerge What is a Cro- Magnon? Skelton identical to modern humans

Sixth Box: 8000 BC Neolithic Age begins (new stone age) First signs of agriculture takes place

Seventh Box: 3,000 BC Bronze Age Refers to the time when people began using bronze, rather than copper and stone.

River Valley Civilizations

Next time line period: 3950 – 1000 BC River Dynasties in China

Second timeline period: 3500 – 1800 BC City-States in Mesopotamia

Third time line period: 3000 – 2000 BC Ancient Egypt

Fourth time line period: 2500 – 1700 BC Indus Valley Civilizations

Lets check out the book: Fill out the chart using page 56 in your book. You do not have to copy word for word but make sure you cover the main points

Early River Valley Civilizations Meso- potamia Egypt Indus Valley China Environment Power and Authority Science and Technology

For Example: In the first box I would write: Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates Unpredictable flooding No natural barriers, limited resources. Now think what each of these means for their day to day lives in Mesopotamia?

Greece on Top 2000 B.C. Minoan Civilizations on Crete

Greece 1500 B.C. Mycenaean culture on Greece mainland

Greece 1200 B.C. Trojan War

Greece 750 B.C. Greek city-states flourish

Greece 479 B.C. Greece Triumphs in Persian Wars

Greece 334 B.C. Alexander starts to build his empire

Rome on the bottom 753 B.C. Rome founded

Rome 509 B.C. Rome becomes a Republic

Rome 264 B.C. 1st Punic War

Rome 218 B.C. 2nd Punic War

Rome 149 B.C. 3rd Punic War

Rome 100 B.C. Julius Caesar born

Rome 44 B.C. Caesar named dictator for life Killed in the same year

Rome 31 B.C. Octavin defeats Anthony and Cleopatra

Rome 284 A.D. Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome

Rome 330 A.D. Constantine moves capitol

Rome 476 A.D. Western Roman Empire falls