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Welcome to World History
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Welcome to World History
King Tut
The Roman Coliseum
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
The Parthenon Athens, Greece
Great Pyramids of Giza
Raising of the American Flag At Iwo Jima WW II
Mona Lisa By Leonardo Da Vinci
Assassination of JFK Dallas, TX
Palace of Versailles France
Knighthood
Genghis Kahn
MLK I Have A Dream Speech Washington, DC
Attack on the World Trade Center 9/11/2001
President Barak Obama
The Atomic Bomb WWII
Moon Landing July 1969
Storming of the Bastille French Revolution
Voyage of Columbus
Washington Crossing The Delaware
The American Civil War
Uncle Sam WW I Poster
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Why Do We Study History
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed
to repeat the mistakes of the past. -
Anonymous
To fail to learn from history is to remain a
child. - Cicero
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Where Were You?
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Where Were You?
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HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY
PREHISTORIC PERIOD
HISTORIC PERIOD
NEOLITHIC AGE
PALEOLITHIC AGE
MESOLITHIC AGE
3000 BC
4000 BC
8000 BC
6000 BC
Present
WRITTEN LANGUAGE
DISCOVERY OF METALS
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HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY
PREHISTORIC PERIOD
HISTORIC PERIOD
NEOLITHIC AGE
PALEOLITHIC AGE
MESOLITHIC AGE
3000 BC
4000 BC
8000 BC
6000 BC
Present
How do we learn about Prehistory?

• Oral Tradition
• Stories (Griots African Storytellers)
• Archaeology
• Study of Artifacts, Historic Sites, Paleontology

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Pre-History
Mesolithic Period
Meso Middle Lithic - Stone

• By 8000 BC glaciers had retreated and the last
  ice age ended. Humans began spreading out. They
  were primarily hunters and gatherers and were
  thus nomadic.
• The Bow and Arrow and Microlith were invented
  which led to more productive hunting and a better
  food supply.

• Fish Hooks and nets also increased food supply.

• Some animals were domesticated. i.e., dog,
  sheep.
• By the late Mesolithic period small villages had
  developed along waterways.
• The Mesolithic period is considered a transition
  period hunting and gathering to agriculture.

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Pre-History
Neolithic Period
Two important developments allowed people to
settle into villages. Domestication Cattle,
sheep, horses, pigs increased food
supply Agriculture Raising of crops to feed
people and animals.

• Known as the Agricultural Revolution
• Food surpluses led to leisure time and allowed
  other activities such as art, weaving, crafts,
  etc. (specialization and artisans)
• Trade developed among villagers and between
  villages
• Villages began to grow into towns. People became
  less dependent on family and more on neighbors
• Cooperation on projects such as irrigation led to
  the formation of the first governments
  (institutions)

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HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY
HISTORIC PERIOD
ANCIENT
MEDIEVAL
MODERN
3000 BC
476 AD
1500
PRESENT
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
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World History
Early and Classical Civilizations 3000 BC 476 AD
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World History
The Middle Ages 476 1500 AD
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World History
The Modern Era 1500 - Present
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HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY
HISTORIC PERIOD
ANCIENT
MEDIEVAL
MODERN
1 BC 1 AD
3000 BC
476 AD
1500
PRESENT
Anno Domini In the Year of Our Lord CE- Common
Era
Birth of Christ BCE - Before Common Era