1. Organization of Man 1.FAMILY units 2.Families band together to form TRIBES 3.Tribes cease being NOMATIC 4.CIVILIZATIONS begin to form

2. Characteristics of a Civilization 1. Written Language 2. Organized Government 3. Complex Religion 4. Development of Trade/Economy 5. Development of Specialized Skills and Occupations.

3. Two Major Early European Civilizations Greece 6000 BCE-30 BCE Rome »450 BC – 550 AD –Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) 550 ACE-1500ACE

4. city-states

5. Acropolis

7. Nike and Athena

8. Nike - Victory

9. Athena Wisdom

10. GOLDEN AGE 260 BCE-432 BCE Arts Flourish “Relative” Peace Surplus Food Science Thinking-Philosophy 500 BC 400 BC 300 BC 200 BC 100 BC 1 BC 1 AD

11. Architecture and Drama

12. Masks of Comedy and Tragedy

13. The Iliad Recorded History and Poetry

14. Recorded history and literature

15. Leader in the Golden Age

16. Elements present which can account for the Downfall of Civilizations 1. Wars—Civil and Attacks from the outside—Peloponnesian Wars-Sparta vs. Athens. Sparta wins 1, Athens wins 2 2. Diseases—Athenian Plague 3. Greed 4. Corruption 5. Moral Decay —Socrates, teacher, forced to poison himself. Charged with corrupting the youth of Athens

17. Macedonian that spread Greek culture

18. Beginnings of Rome- 700-800 BCE-Rome was shepherds on hills

19. Characteristics of a Civilization 1. Written Language 2. Organized Government 3. Complex Religion 4. Development of Trade/Economy 5. Development of Specialized Skills and Occupations.

20. Aqueduct—Roman infrastructure-engineering/science

21. Created the arch with keystone that is used today

22. COLOSSEUM-

23. Circus Maximus Notice the columns and arches.

24. Roman Roads Still around today-Appian way

25. Gladiators and Chariot Races

26. Monotheism Judaism 2000 BCE on Mt. Sinai the tallest mountain on the Sinai Peninsula 2, 285m. Covenant between God and Israelites through Abraham Mt. Sinai

27. Monotheism Christianity 1 – 36 ACE in Bethlehem. Part of the Roman Empire. Birth of Jesus who is the Messiah which translates as “anticipated King”

28. Monotheism Islam 570-615 ACE Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia Ascended to heaven in Jerusalem Muhammad is the founder and last prophet of God.

29. 300 BCE 200 BCE 100 BCE Pax Romana 27 BCE- 180 ACE 100 ACE 200 ACE Golden Age of Rome— Peace of Rome

30. Size at the height of the Roman Empire

31. Elements present which can account for the Downfall of Civilizations 1.Wars—Civil and Attacks from the outside— Barbarian tribes-Vandals, Goths, Visagoths 2. Diseases— 3. Greed—heavy taxes to support the “Party” 4. Corruption—every one wanted to be in Rome to “Party” 5. Moral Decay-weak selfish rulers, Rome began as a democracy, but ended as a dictatorship.

32. Split of the Roman Empire Pink-Byzantine Empire Green-Beginnings of the Holy Roman Empire-It’s different from the Roman Empire

33. Chaos and anarchy- disorganization and lack of stable government. Feudalism-established to give protection to individuals in exchange for loyalty Feudalism gave way to Monarchy Roman Catholic Church, Pope, was a political power as well as spiritual leader Problems with Persian Empire and then the Ottoman Turks Learning-art, science- continued Eastern Orthodox Christians began when Christianity split shortly after the Roman Empire Split After 700 years they fell. West ---Middle Ages 500-1300 East--- Byzantine Empire- 500-1200

34. AGE OF EXPLORATION BEGINS IN THE 1300’S

35. RENAISSANCE BEGINS RENAISSANCE— REBIRTH REBIRTH OF WHAT? THINKING EXPERIMENTATION MOVEMENT IN STATUS HUMANISM SCIENCE End of: 1.POWER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 2.IGNORANCE 3.STATIC SOCIETY 4.CLOTHES ON STATUES =)

36. Quote To Think About and Apply “ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY”