humanities7

By Peacemonkey2

  • life time of lucy

    an australopithecus lived in africa about 4 million years ago biped was able to protect itself

  • homohabilis/handy man

    lived 2,000,000 years ago hand a larger brain to make tools biped and was able to travel

  • homoerectus

    lived 1.8 million years ago biped ate both meat and plants had a larger brain and was taller were hunters and made fire to cook food and for protection

  • neanderthals

    lived around 500,000 years ago were biped much stronger had more hair they cared for each other healed much larger brains

  • homosapiens

    were modern humans biped made better tools and masterd fire planted crops stayed in one area stared to communicate with each other by using art and symbols

  • rise of the kingdom of sumer

    approx.2900 BCE government was the king that was chosen by the gods they were polytheim-believed in one god type of writing wasa cuneiform.

  • The epic of gilgamesh

    copies discovered in a 7 century BCE royal lilbary.gilgamesh was half god and man he had a ''brother'' name enkidu who died because of the gods.he search for eternal life but soon relaized that eternal was his storeies about being a great king

  • abraham

    approx.1900BCE abraham lived in Ur a city in mesopotamia he had a son named isaac and god told him to sacrifice but then god said no

  • hammurabi's code

    1792-1750BCE hammurabi was a king who was kind of a god to his people his laws protected the widows and orphans and anyone who was vurnerable.some of his laws were fair to slaves.one of his laws were if a man hits a free girl and she lost her baby he would have to pay 10 shekles

  • joesph goes to egypt and the israelites follow

    approx.1700-1280BCE joesph was the favorite son of jacob his brothers faked his death and sold him to slavery then the king told him to interpret his dreams and he did then the king made him prime minister.then joesph forgave his family and he moved all the israelites to egypt

  • moses,the Exodus from egypt,and the ten commandments

    approx.1280-1240BCE moses was saved by his mother when she put him in a basket.god told moses to tell the pharaoh to let his people go.when the pharaoh refused the nine plagues fell on egypt the tenth took the lives of every first-borns in egypt.Exodus is the story of how the slaves escaped from egypt.

  • the time of judges/the time before kings

    approx.the middle of the 13 century to the middle of the 11 century BCE deborah was a judge she told one of the generals that there will be war.the man told her to come with him and she did, but the person he wanted to capture will be killed by a women and it did happen ruth was a wife but then her husband died.the mother in-law wanted to go back home and ruth went with her.they were poor but ruth was gleaning then she became the great grandmother of king david.

  • the regin of david

    approx.1012-973BCE david was one of the soldiers brother when he heard the great golaithc was not defeated he step up to fight him he did killed him the king was jeleous and wanted to get rid of him.david hide until the king was dead and then became king.

  • elijah

    eiljah was the messager of god.he went to the people one person said baal was ''better''.eiljah chanellge him to see which will lite the fire.baal nothing happen god made the fire.

  • the siege of lachish

    701 BCE sennacherib was killed by his two sons In the time of his ruling there was many refugees also made war with people

  • siege of jerusalem

    587 BCE Nebuchadrezzar destroyed the solomans temple
    juda was exiled from its land Made war with people

  • indus valley civilization

    200BCE the indus had great importance in cleanliness or ritual bathing. one of the major cities was Mohenjodaro found in 1922 and harappa in 1921.Many artifacts were found such as huge water tanks that were used for bathing.

  • the aryan invasion and the vedas

    1700BCE Veadas were writing there was the Rig-Veda Yajur veda and sama-veda The aryans were people who only believed in male gods such as the sky-god.They were different they only made bronze wapons and weren't agricultural people.

  • The ascetics and the Upanishads

    700-500BCE Ascetics were people who were dedicated to a life of spirtual austerity and self-discipline. The Upanishads was the last part of the veda when a gruru is talking.What Upanishas mean is sitting by a gruru.It welcomes and inspire everyone.