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WORD ASSOCIATION

Do now: In groups, work on the word association to determine a Common theme amongst important vocabulary

WHAT DO AL OF THESE HAVE IN COMMON?

• Pictograph• Oracle Bones• Loess

IT’S THE SHANG DYNASTY

TRY THIS POLITICAL ASSOCIATION

• Satraps(ies)• Tolerant• Zoroastrian

YOU GOT IT, IT’S THE PERSIANS!!!!

THIS ONE IS TRICKY

• Jaguar-man• Andes• Terrace Farming

THAT’S RIGHT, IT’S THE CHAVIN

LOOK FOR THIS RELIGIOUS GROUP

• Monotheism• Exodus (also a book)• Torah

ORIGINS OF JUDAISM.. IT’S THE HEBREWS

THIS IS MORE GEOGRAPHIC

• Monsoon winds• Grid System• Sewers

IT’S THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY(MOHENJO-DARO

AND HARAPPA)

A RELIGIOUS COMBO

• Vedas• Torah• Avestas

SACRED LITERATURE OR HOLY BOOKS

CODES ARE WRITTEN DOWN

• Mosaic Code• Hammurabi’s Code• Code of Assur

WRITTEN LAWS (MIRRORS OF CIVILIZATION)

ANOTHER GEOGRAPHIC ONE

• Megaliths• Slash and burn• Maize

THAT’S RIGHT, ITS THE OLMECS

NICKNAMES?

• “Gift of the Nile”• “China’s Sorrow”• “Fertile Crescent”

RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION NICKNAMES

WHAT ARE THESE SIGNS OF?

• Organized government• Written language• Urban planning

CHARACTERISTICS OF CIVILIZATION

WHICH CIV IS THIS?

• “carriers of civilization”• Purple dye• Carthaginian colony

THE PHOENICIANS

WHAT ABOUT THIS CIVILIZATION?

• Palace of Knossos• King Minos• Bull-leaping

THAT’S IT, THE MINOANS

WHAT DO THESE THREE HAVE IN COMMON

• Sumerians• Minoans• Phoenicians

BRILLIANT!!!! THEY ALL UTILIZED THE MEDITERRANEAN

THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. WHAT DID THESE GROUPS HAVE IN COMMON

• Nubian Kush• Hyksos• Assyrians

THEY ALL ATTACKED EGYPT

PRETTY GIRLS HATE

• Pacific Ocean• Gobi Desert• Himalayan Mountains

CHINA’S ISOLATION (AND ETHNOCENTRISM): THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

WHAT DO ALL THESE TERMINOLOGIES HAVE IN COMMON?

• Pre-Columbian• Native American• Indian

NAMES FOR INDIGENOUS GROUPS OF THE AMERICAS

THESE NAMES HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON

• Shiva• Ganesh• Indra

HINDU DEITIES

ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY ISSUE

• Terrace farming• Slash and burn• canals

WAYS PEOPLE ADAPTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT

YET ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY PROBLEM

• Steppes• Deserts• plains

LANDS OF THE NOMADIC PASTORALISTS

ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY QUESTION

• Zagros• Andes• Himalayans

AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH

WHAT DO THESE THREE HAVE IN COMMON

• Copper• Bronze • Iron

METALS, METALLURGY AND AGES

HOW DOES ONE BECOME A

• Prisoner of war• Indebted• Criminal

HOW TO BECOME ENSLAVED IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

THE THREE

• Corn • Beans• Squash

SISTERS: STAPLES OF THE MESOAMERICAN DIET

ITS THE

• Sumer• Babylon• Assyria

MESOPOTAMIANS

YOU KNOW THIS ONE

• Cuneiform• Hieroglyphics• Phonetic

WRITTEN LANGUAGES

WHAT DO THESE HAVE IN COMMON?

• Ziggurats• Pyramids• Temples

MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE INSPIRED BY RELIGION

THAT WHICH GOES UP…

• Corrupt leaders• Natural disasters• Peasant rebellions

MUST COME DOWN: LOSS OF CHINA’S MANDATE OF HEAVEN

ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY QUESTION?

• Europe to the North• Africa to the South• Asia to the East

IT’S THE MEDITERRANEAN

WHAT DO THESE HAVE IN COMMON?

• Monarchy• Theocracy• Aristocracy

TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

FINALLY!!!!!

• La Venta• San Lorenzo• Tabasco

OLMEC CITY-STATES

ROLE OF GEOGRAPHY?

• Political – governments control natural resources (i.e. irrigation projects)

• Economic- resources are traded (silk, purple dye) labor is specialized due to agricultural surplus

• Religious- deities (Gods) help explain natural phenomena (i.e. Mandate of Heaven in China)

• Social- Where you live and land that you have access to determines your social class

• Intellectual and Artistic- natural resources are turned into finished products (i.e. pyramids, Ziggurats, etc.)

• Thesis: In the Ancient world (400 B.C.E-600 C.E) geography played an important role in th management of massive irrigation projects, the development of new commercial commodities and overcoming great obstacles through innovations of engineers, artisans and priests.