1. Oil Lamps -IISME 2011 -Biodiesel Elective

2. While looking at these slides, you should… Sketch: an image of the oil lamps Think: What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change? – Write your thoughts on the page – Share with the class – Take notes on what your classmates think

3. All oil lamps have… A bowl for holding the oil A spout/hole for holding the wick Access to air – by having holes or an open top Aladdin had an oil lamp that the Genie was trapped in. Explain how this could be an oil lamp. 3

4. Neolithic (New Stone Age: 9500- 4000BC) 1 What makes this an oil lamp?

5. Chalcolithic (Copper) Period (4000- 3000BC) 1 Oil Fact! Mesopotamia – ‘rock oil’ as architectural adhesive, ship caulks, medicines, and roads What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change?

6. Early Bronze Age (3300-2100BC) 1 What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change?

7. Middle Bronze Age (2100-1600BC) 1 Oil Fact! China – refined crude oil for use in light and heating What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change?

8. Early Iron Age (1300BC – 500BC) 1 What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change?

9. Persian Period (586-332BC) 1 What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change?

10. Hellenistic Period (332-37BC) 1 What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change?

11. Roman Period (37BC-325AD) 1 What makes this an oil lamp? What is different about this oil lamp than the previous? Why did it change?

12. Bibliography Energy Kids. “2000 B.C. The Chinese refined crude oil for use in lamps and in heating homes.” US Energy Information Administration. Website. August 9, 2011. http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/petrol eum.html http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/petrol eum.html NA. “Ancient Oil Lamps”. Bible History Online. Bible- History.com, 2010. Website. Aug 9. http://www.bible- history.com/ancient_oil_lamps/index.htmlhttp://www.bible- history.com/ancient_oil_lamps/index.html Tan, Piya. Image of lamp from Aladdin. Buddhist Blogs. May 24, 2011. Website. Aug 9 2011. http://buddhistbugs.blogspot.com/2011/05/story- of-new-lamp-for-old-by-piya-tan.html