Unit 10: Societies change I1- History

What is history?

Historical sources Historical ages

2- Prehistory Paleolithic

Neolithic

3- The ancient world The first great civilizations

HISTORY

It´s the combination of all the things that happened in

the past

HISTORIANS

People who study history

HISTORY

Family history Local Universal history (family) or (world) national (country)

HISTORICAL SOURCES

Oral Written Graphic Material

Historical sources are something that give us information about the past

HISTORICAL AGES

PREHISTORYFrom the appearance of the first

human beings until the invention of writing.

5000 years ago

THE ANCIENT WORLD

From the invention of writing to the end of the Roman Empire in the year 476.

MIDDLE AGESFrom the end of the Roman Empire to

the discovery of America in 1492

THE MODERN AGE

From the discovery of America to he French Revolution in 1789

THE CONTEMPORARY AGE

From the French Revolution to today

PREHISTORY

Paleolithic Neolithic

PALEOLITHIC

From the appaerance of the first human beings to the invention of the agriculture.

They lived in small groups called tribes.

They were nomads.They didn´t live in one place

and move around looking for food.

They hunted animals and pick up fruit and plants to

eat

They use fire and had simple tools made of stone,

wood and bones.

NEOLITHIC

From the invention of the agriculture to the invention of writing.

Humans learn about agriculture and stock

farming.

They started to live in one place and fromed

communities.

They started making clothes and pottery.

They used stone and metal to make more complex

tools.

They started to express ideas with paited symbols. This was the beginning of

writing

THE ANCIENT WORLD

The ancient world started with the invention of writing.

It was invented at the same time (about 5000 years ago) in different places: China, Mesopotamia, Egypt,

Mexico and Greece.

The Roman Empire

It wasone of the great civilizations of the

Ancient World. It started in Italy and included many places around the

Mediterranean sea, including Spain

Laws

The first laws were writtenSome societies were divided into free people or slaves.

Jobs and artThe first jobs developed and people satrted to create art

Technology and businessThe wheel was invented.Transports and buildings

developed quickly.