Do Now – Thursday, August 22nd

• Name three geographic features that hindered movement in ancient Africa.

• Name three changes that occurred from the Paleolithic to Neolithic Ages.

Inspirational History

• August 22, 1989 – Nolan Ryan is the first pitcher to ever throw 5,000 career strikeouts

Early ManGreatest achievements in human history

• Invention of tools• Mastery over fire

• Development of language

EARLY MAN

OLD STONE AGE/PALEOLITHIC AGE

• 2.5 million to 8000 BC• Hunter-gatherers• Nomadic lifestyle

• Stone chopping tools• Equality between men and women as both

were responsible for finding food and teaching skills

EARLY MAN

NEW STONE AGE/NEOLITHIC AGE

• 8000 BC to 3000 BC• Settled into villages

• Agriculture to grow crops• Domestication of animals

DEFINING A CIVILIZATION

1.Advanced cities2.Specialized workers3.Complex institutions4.Record keeping5.Advanced technology

ADVANCED CITIES

A city is a center of trade and commerce for a larger area

SPECIALIZED WORKERSAbundant food supplies allowed people to become experts at something beside farming

COMPLEX INSTITUTIONS

• Soaring populations made a system of ruling, or government, necessary

• Religion became institutionalized

RECORD KEEPINGAs government, religion and economy became more complex, people realized the need to keep records

IMPROVED TECHNOLOGYNew tools and techniques are always needed to solve problems that emerge when large groups of people live together

GROUP WORK!

• You are going to transition into your groups.

• Each group will be assigned a particular civilization of the ancient world.

• Your group will collectively research and define in what ways your civilization is defined as such.

• All group members MUST return their assigned papers. Answers must be in complete sentences!