1. Ancient and Medieval History

3.  History is, “What one age finds worthy of another.” -Jacob Burkhardt

4.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igLa WRgpn5w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igLa WRgpn5w

5. 1. Politics 1. Economics 1. Society 1. Culture

6.  At first, man was very isolated.  Then people began to communicate and exchange ideas. This proved to be very difficult

7.  People began to work and live together in villages, then towns, cities, kingdoms and finally empires.  It is believed that the earth was five billion years old before the arrival of man.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhCP m2cjq6Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhCP m2cjq6Q

8.  People were either hunters or gatherers.  During the stone age, people started making use of the soil. This began agriculture. People no longer had to travel to look for food.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu9- 7ZJ1h1g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu9- 7ZJ1h1g

9.  A person who studies the past trying to give an objective interpretation of it.  This area is more general

10.  There are seven main sciences that historians use. They are: 1. Anthropology 2. Archaeology 3. Geology 4. Philology 5. Psychology 6. Sociology 7. Paleontology

11.  Studies the past by looking at the culture of a specific group for civilization

12.  Studies the past by using artifacts to discover clues to ancient civilizations

13.  Studies the past by examining rocks and minerals to identify climate and other natural patterns of the past.

14.  Studies the languages of different civilizations.

15.  Studies individual human behaviour

16.  Studies different societies and how that react with each other

17.  Studies the past by examining fossils to discover and reconstruct the past

18.  What do you think?

19.  1. Helps us understand who we are today, by knowing where we come from  2. Insights to how the ancient cultures worked and functioned, so we may apply this information to ourselves  Because it’s fun to learn about