How the world began

Mythology

At firstthere was only Chaos

Chaos gave birth to:

Erebus

(Darkness)

The night and

Erebus and Night gave birth to:

Eros, or

Love

Eros gave birth to:

The DayAnd The Light

Day and Light had two children:

OR

And

The Heavens called

Uranus

The first children ofGaia and Uranuswere monsters—

3 had 100 hands, 50 heads

3 were Cyclops “wheel eyed”

12 were Titans

A Bad FatherUranus- the Heavens hated his

children• He imprisoned the monsters as

soon as they were born• Gaia was upset and asked for

help• Her son Cronus wounded his

father “terribly”. From his blood other monsters were born.

Cronus and Rhea

married.•But Cronus feared a child would overthrow him as king,

•So he ate his first five children!!!

One Child was Saved!•Before Cronus

could eat the last baby

•Rhea hid the baby and

•Gave Cronus a Rock to eat instead!

This was Zeus

• Called Jupiter by Romans

• He became King of the gods

Greeks believed that the earth was flat but round like a paper plate.

They believed that Greece was at the centre of the earth .

The world was divided into three continents Europe, Africa and Asia.Europe was the largest

Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea feature as divisions between the three continents.

Shape of the earth according to Greeks

We believe that the world is round

Today there are 7 continents.

What are they ?

Today we have 4 oceans that divide the continents.

Shape of the earth today

• If you were from ancient times what would the world look like to you

• Would there be continents . How many ?• Which one would be the biggest ?• Would there be a main area or country ?

• What would it be called ? • Where would people live?

Presentation

Once you have finished your map you will present it to the class

Make your own world map