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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