ANCIENT WORLD: CIVILIZATIONS AND RELIGIONS (4000 B



ANCIENT WORLD: CIVILIZATIONS AND RELIGIONS (4000 B.C. – 500 A.D.)

I. RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS AND ANCIENT EMPIRES

A. Rise of Civilizations: how are they connected to the agricultural revolution?

1. characteristics of a civilization – basic features

2. development of cities

3. traditional economy

4. polytheistic

5. specialization and development of social classes

6. art and architecture

7. writing systems

B. Compare and Contrast River Valley Civilizations: why did civilizations develop near rivers?

1. Egypt/Nile River (Egyptian Civilization)

2. Middle East/Fertile Crescent (Sumerian, Babylonian, Phoenician, Assyrian, Perisan)

3. India/Indus River Valley(Indus Valley Cities and Arayans)

4. China/Huang He River (Shang and Chou Civilization)

5. Europe/Minoan Civilization

FOR EACH RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION KNOW THE FOLLOWING

A. Geography: impact on development

B. Economics: farming and irrigation > surplus > specialization > urbanization

C. Political Systems: government

1. purpose: why did the first governments arise?

2. decision making: who made decisions?

3. move toward comp[lex government systems

D. Social Structures: social classes, status of women, slaves, etc.

E. Religious Beliefs

F. Achievements:

1. writing system

2. belief systems – polytheistic and myths

3. early technology: irrigation, tools, weapons

4. architecture

5. legal systems: codified laws, etc.

Basic Questions: How did each empire rise?

What were the achievements of each empire?

How did the empire decline?.

VOCABULARY: Early Peoples and river Civilizations

A. Ancient Egypt

Nile River

cataract

delta

Sahara

hieroglyphics

myths

maat

scribe

dynasty

pyramid

pharaoh

papyrus

Rosetta Stone

B. Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent

Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent

Tigris and Euphrates

arid

artisan

ziggurat

Summer

cuneiform

Babylon

Hammurabi’s Code

covenant

prophet

satrap

C. Minoans

Mediterranean

Crete

Minoan civilization

Minoans

Mycenaeans

frescoes

acropolis

polis

agora

Minotaur

Knossos

myths

oracles

“Dark Ages”

Homer

Trojan War

Herodotus

D. Indus River Valley

subcontinent

Indus River

Himalayas

Khyber pass

monsoons

reincarnation

moksha

caste

untouchable

karma

dharama

nirvana

edict

Vedics

social equality

E. Ancient China

Huang He River (River of Sorrows)

Yangtze River

Tibet

Mongolia

loess

oracle bones

dynastic cycle

mandate of heaven

filial piety

Confucius

Taoists

Legalists

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