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AP World History. Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to 600 BCE. Humans emerge from Africa, spread around the globe Adaptations (control of fire, increasingly sophisticated tools) allow us to thrive in varied environments Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Eras - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
AP World History
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations,
to 600 BCE• Humans emerge from Africa, spread around the
globe
– Adaptations (control of fire, increasingly sophisticated tools) allow us to thrive in varied environments
– Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Eras
– Use of stone tools, then bronze, then iron
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to
600 BCESocieties:
• Hunter-gatherers
• Pastoral nomads
• Agriculturalists (after the Neolithic Revolution)
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to
600 BCETechnology/adaptations: • Agriculture• Domestication• Metallurgy
Human-Environment Interactions:• Irrigation/water control• Domesticated plants• Large animal extinctions
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to
600 BCEFirst civs develop in river valleys:
• Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates)
• Egypt (Nile)
• India (Indus)
• China (Huang He)
Later, in Sub-Saharan Africa, Papua New Guinea, the Andes, Mesoamerica
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to
600 BCEMonumental Architecture:
• Pyramids
• Ziggurats
• Temples
• Defensive walls
• Sewer systems
• Streets/roads
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to
600 BCEEarly forms of record keeping:
• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics
• Glyph writing
• Pictographs
• Alphabets
• Quipu/khipu
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to
600 BCE
New worldviews:
• animism/shamanism
• Vedic religion (India)
• Judaism
• Zoroastrianism (Persia)
Trade interactions:– Egypt and Nubia– Mesopotamia and Indus
Valley
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CEWorldviews develop/evolve:• Judaism• Vedic religion becomes Hinduism• Confucianism, Daoism in China• Buddhism in India• Greek and Roman pantheons• Christianity• Ancestor veneration
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CE
Key States and Empires: • Persia
– Achaemenid (550 BCE-350 BCE) – Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes; Royal Road, Persepolis, Greco-Persian Wars; defeated by Alexander the Great
– Parthian (247 BCE-284 CE) – trade w/ Rome, Han China– Sassanid (224-651 CE) – defeated by Arab Muslims; heavy influence
on the caliphates
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CE• Qin dynasty China
(221-206 BCE)– Unified China under
Shi Huangdi– Legalism developed by
Han Feizi– Great Wall
• Han dynasty China (206 BCE-220 CE)– Liu Bang– Silk Road trade
w/Rome, Parthia– Confucianism – Civil service– Threats from Xiongnu
nomads
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CE• Maurya and Gupta India
– Maurya (321-180 BCE)- unified by Chandragupta Maurya, greatest leader was Ashoka; trade, state spread of Buddhism
– Gupta (320-550 CE)- Chandra Gupta II, Golden Age, use of Arabic numerals, decimals, 0 and pi in math
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CE• Ancient Greece
– dominated by the polis (Athens, Sparta, etc.)
– Development of aristocracy, democracy
• Draco, Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles
– Slavery, colonization of Mediterranean region
– Persian Wars (Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis); Peloponnesian Wars (Sparta defeats Athens)
• Culture– Greek mythology– Philosophy: Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle– Architecture– Literature:
• Homer (Iliad and Odyssey)• Poetry• History• Drama
– Comedy – Aristophanes– Tragedy – Sophocles,
Euripides, Aeschylus
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CEHellenistic Empire – Alexander the Great
• spread Greek culture throughout Mediterranean and Central Asia
• At his death Alexander’s empire divided into 3 kingdoms:
– Antigonid (Greece and Macedonia)
– Seleucid (Bactria, Anatolia)
– Ptolemaic (Egypt)
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CERome (509 BCE-476 CE)• Gov’ts: monarchy, republic, empire
• Classes: patricians, plebeians, slaves; paterfamilias led the family
• Laws of the Twelve Tables; Latin language; Aenead, aqueducts and roads connecting all parts of the empire, circuses, Colosseum, gladiators
• Defeated Carthage in the Punic Wars
• Leaders: Cincinnatus, Sulla, Marius, the Gracchi, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Caligula, Nero, Marcus Aurelius
• Pax Romana, Silk Road trade with Han China
• Polytheistic; Edict of Milan (313 CE) allows practice of Christianity
• Split by Diocletian into Eastern and Western halves – capitals at Rome and Constantinople
• Weak leaders, barbarian invasions, economic problems lead to collapse of the Western half of empire; Eastern half continues as the Byzantine Empire
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CEMesoamerica
• Teotihuacan (100 BCE-750 CE) – huge city, w/pyramids and priestly elite
• Maya
• Olmec
• Moche and Chavin in South America
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies,
600 BCE to 600 CE
• Major trade routes flourish:
• Silk Roads- Rome, Parthia, Gupta India, Han China
• Indian Ocean trade• Trans-Saharan trade (gold!
salt!)• Mediterranean sea lanes
• New tech allows long-distance travel:– Yokes, stirrups, saddles– Domestication of horses,
camels, oxen, llamas– Dhows and lateen sails for
ships
Key Trade Routes