1. Period I 8000 BCE – 600 BCE

2. BIG IDEA  THE CHANGE FROM PALEOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC SOCIETIES  WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PALEOLITHIC SOCIETY?  WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEOLITHIC SOCIETY?  Write a thesis statement: Compare and contrast Paleolithic Societies to Neolithic Societies from 8000 BCE to 600 BCE

3. The First Migrations  Describe each migration and the similarities or differences they may have shared:  INTO EURASIA  INTO AUSTRALA  INTO THE AMERICAS  INTO THE PACIFIC

4. The First Societies  How did societies differ?  What were their religious beliefs?  Was there an economic structure?  What were their social structures?  What were their political structures?

5. Social Variations  What are characteristics of a PASTORAL SOCIETY?  What are characteristics of an AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE SOCIETY?  What are characteristics of a CHIEFDOM?

6. FIRST CIVILIZATIONS  OLMEC CIVILIZATION  NORTE CHICO  NILE VALLEY = EGYPT, NUBIA  MESOPOTAMIA  OXUS  INDUS VALLEY  SHANG DYNASTY  EGYPT VS MESOPOTAMIA

7. EROSION OF EQUALITY  HIERARCHIES OF CLASS  HIERARCHIES OF GENDER  PATRIARCHY

8. IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE  WRITING AND ACCOUNTING  GOVERNMENT POSITIONS  ROLE OF KINGS

9. LET’S TALK A LITTLE VOCAB…  Period I Vocab – Part I  Venus figurines  Dreamtime  Clovis culture  Mega faunal extinction  Human migrations  “the original affluent society”  Shamans  Gobekli Tepe  Fertile Crescent  “secondary products revolution” - specialization  Pastoral societies  Chiefdoms  Catalhuyuk  Paleolithic/Neolithic Shift  Period I Vocab – Part II  Norte Chico/Caral  Indus Valley civilization  Olmec civilization  Uruk  Mohenjo Daro/Harappa  Epic of Gilgamesh  Code of Hammurabi  Patriarchy  Rise of the state

10. How bout some crash course…  The Switch to agricultural societies The Switch to agricultural societies  Indus Valley Indus Valley  Mesopotamia Mesopotamia  The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh