1. Prehistory – River Valley Civilizations

2. I. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) (2 million to 12000 BCE) A.As humans progressed, advanced humans … B.Mostly hunters/gatherers and … 1.People …

3. I. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) (2 million to 12000 BCE)CONT 2.Groups migrated to … C.Greatest accomplishment was … 1.Caused by ??? a)Enabled by ??? D.14,000 years ago end of last GREAT ice age providing better living conditions  ???

5. II. Neolithic (New Stone Age) (10,000- 4000 BCE) A.Agricultural Revolution 1.Invention of agriculture - a)End of ice age resulted in: 1.??? 2.??? b)People began to … c)Animals … 2.Initially developed in the Middle East and independently arose in India, N. Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe 3.Transformation … a)Required ??? 1. Who did the hard work? b)??? 1.As farmers cleared land they …

6. Neolithic (New Stone Age) (10,000- 4000 BCE)CONT. 4.Allowed for ??? WHY??? a)Discovered uses for copper (4000 BCE) and development of bronze (3000BCE) 1.Advent of tools allowed for … 2.This meant … 5.Pastorialist disseminated information a)Who??? b)What??? 1.New weapons 2.New modes of transportation

7. Neolithic (New Stone Age) (10,000- 4000 BCE)CONT. 6.Technological Innovations led to ??? a)Agricultural production, trade, and transportation b)Examples: 1.??? 2.??? 3.??? 4.??? 5.??? 7.What happens to the role of women with the advent of agriculture?

8. III. Civilization – Discussion Is the term Civilization a synonym for good? – For each of the following words, tell me if they are negative or positive terms: Gender inequality Slavery Warlike Divisions in social-class – have/have nots Diseases Ruler and ruled Destruction of environment

9. III. CivilizationCONT A.Why Civilization? 1.Need groups of people to … B.What defines a civilization? 1.Must contain all of the following: a)??? b)??? c)??? d)??? e)??? f)??? g)??? C.Scholars still debate the “true” definition

10. IV. Characteristics of River Valley Civilizations A.The “Big” 4 and the Americas 1.Mesopotamia(Tigris and Euphrates) 2.Egypt(Nile) 3.India(Indus) 4.China(Hwang He / Yellow) 5.Chavin 6.Olmecs What do all of these have in common?

13. Mesopotamia

14. Egypt

15. India

16. China

17. IV. Characteristics of River Valley CivilizationsCONT B.Mesopotamia, China and the Americas developed ??? Egypt and India ??? 1.Despite trade and connections…

19. IV. Characteristics of River Valley CivilizationsCONT C.Similarities 1.Use of … 2.Monumental Building … 3.Arts promoted by 1.Sculptures, paintings, and literature 4.Creation of …

20. IV. Characteristics of River Valley CivilizationsCONT 5.Trade expanded from … a)Egypt and Nubia b)Mesopotamia and Indus Valley 6.Complex … 7.Creation of Legal Codes a)Hammurabi’s Code 8.Creation of new religions a)Vedic religions b)Hebrew monotheism c)Zoroastrianism

21. Writing Papyrus SheetsCuneiform Tablet

22. Hieroglyphs

23. Writing Forms Sumerian WritingHieroglyphics

24. Writing Forms SanskritAncient Chinese

25. IV. Characteristics of River Valley CivilizationsCONT D.Differences 1.Egyptian economy was … 2.Mesopotamian science and writing were… 3.All created distinctive …. 4.Egypt had … 5.China developed …

27. IV. Characteristics of River Valley CivilizationsCONT E.Decline of River Valley Civilizations 1.Most in decline by … WHY??? 2.What did they leave behind?

29. V. Conclusion A.RVCs created… B.Civilization created ??? BUT??? 1.Increasing contacts vs. local identity C.The 4 major RVCs shared … but were radically different … HOW??? WHY???