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A visual review of WH 1
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Greek Architecture 2 major Greek contributions Parthenon 3 types of columns
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The Parthenon - temple to Athena
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3 types of Greek columns Doric - simple Ionian - fancier Corinthian - fanciest see pictures
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Doric - simple
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Ionian - fancier
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Corinthian - fanciest
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ROMAN architecture Pantheon - in Rome, temple to all of the Roman gods, concrete dome
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Pantheon - to all of the Roman gods
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Rome’s Colosseum A stadium for gladitorial fights/ entertainment
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Rome’s Colosseum
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The Forum in Rome – a place “for-um” to shop
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features of Roman architecture have been reproduced in Western buildings arch dome concrete
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Rome’s roads - for moving people & stuff
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A Roman aqueduct - for moving water
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Another aqueduct, in Fr., built by Romans in 49 BC
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aqueducts to move water from where it is to where it was needed
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Hagia Sophia - Church minarets were added later by Muslims
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Hagia Sophia largest Christian church of its time built in Constantinople (city is now known as Istanbul) notice the rectangular room with a round dome
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A Russian church - notice the onion- shaped domes with crosses
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A mosque in Hampton - notice the crescent moon atop the dome, NOT a cross
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Kaaba in Mecca - destination for Muslim pilgrims
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Mosque in Mecca - see the minarets
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The Great Wall - WAS the border, isn’t a border any more
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Notice the Silk Road, the red line pointing the way to the west
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Note location of China’s Huang River - Huang has a hump
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India began along the Indus River
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the Indus and Ganges 2 very important rivers for India
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Egypt’s pyramids - tombs for pharaohs(kings)
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Egypt’s location along the Nile - in yellow
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Sumerian ziggurat - temple made of brick
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The Fertile Crescent - shown in yellow
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2 major rivers - Tigris & Euphrates
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Greece’s location
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Greece
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Greece’s Location, location, location Good for trade On a peninsula between Mediterranean Sea & Aegean Sea easy sailing distance to Egypt & Fertile Crescent
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Rival Greek city-states - Athens & Sparta
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Rome’s Empire at its largest
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Kingdom of Kush yellow along the Nile River in what is now Sudan.
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Ghana In west Africa Economy based on gold for salt trade across the Sahara region
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2 African Civilizations Kush in East Africa Ghana in West Africa major similarity - both relied on trade major difference - different trading partners
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Ghana, Mali, Songhai Zimbabwe Axum Kush
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Egyptian hieroglyphs - (pictograms)pictures representing words
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Bird tracks on wet sand? No Cuneiform Sumerian writing
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The Phoenicians were the first to develop an alphabet ABCDEFGHIJKLOMNO PQRSTUVWXYZ The Greeks and Romans revised it. Ours is the Roman alphabet
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Black Sea Baltic Sea
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Andes Mountains
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South & East Asia Himalayas Hindu Kush Mountains
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Korea China
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Japan Sea of Japan
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