A visual review of WH 1

Greek Architecture 2 major Greek contributions Parthenon 3 types of columns

The Parthenon - temple to Athena

3 types of Greek columns Doric - simple Ionian - fancier Corinthian - fanciest see pictures

Doric - simple

Ionian - fancier

Corinthian - fanciest

ROMAN architecture Pantheon - in Rome, temple to all of the Roman gods, concrete dome

Pantheon - to all of the Roman gods

Rome’s Colosseum A stadium for gladitorial fights/ entertainment

Rome’s Colosseum

The Forum in Rome – a place “for-um” to shop

features of Roman architecture have been reproduced in Western buildings arch dome concrete

Rome’s roads - for moving people & stuff

A Roman aqueduct - for moving water

Another aqueduct, in Fr., built by Romans in 49 BC

aqueducts to move water from where it is to where it was needed

Hagia Sophia - Church minarets were added later by Muslims

Hagia Sophia largest Christian church of its time built in Constantinople (city is now known as Istanbul) notice the rectangular room with a round dome

A Russian church - notice the onion- shaped domes with crosses

A mosque in Hampton - notice the crescent moon atop the dome, NOT a cross

Kaaba in Mecca - destination for Muslim pilgrims

Mosque in Mecca - see the minarets

The Great Wall - WAS the border, isn’t a border any more

Notice the Silk Road, the red line pointing the way to the west

Note location of China’s Huang River - Huang has a hump

India began along the Indus River

the Indus and Ganges 2 very important rivers for India

Egypt’s pyramids - tombs for pharaohs(kings)

Egypt’s location along the Nile - in yellow

Sumerian ziggurat - temple made of brick

The Fertile Crescent - shown in yellow

2 major rivers - Tigris & Euphrates

Greece’s location

Greece

Greece’s Location, location, location Good for trade On a peninsula between Mediterranean Sea & Aegean Sea easy sailing distance to Egypt & Fertile Crescent

Rival Greek city-states - Athens & Sparta

Rome’s Empire at its largest

Kingdom of Kush yellow along the Nile River in what is now Sudan.

Ghana In west Africa Economy based on gold for salt trade across the Sahara region

2 African Civilizations Kush in East Africa Ghana in West Africa major similarity - both relied on trade major difference - different trading partners

Ghana, Mali, Songhai Zimbabwe Axum Kush

Egyptian hieroglyphs - (pictograms)pictures representing words

Bird tracks on wet sand? No Cuneiform Sumerian writing

The Phoenicians were the first to develop an alphabet ABCDEFGHIJKLOMNO PQRSTUVWXYZ The Greeks and Romans revised it. Ours is the Roman alphabet

Black Sea Baltic Sea

Andes Mountains

South & East Asia Himalayas Hindu Kush Mountains

Korea China

Japan Sea of Japan