World History Topics 1

THE MIDDLE EAST

5000 BCE

This is a map of the Middle East. In the map there is the Fertile
Crescent, Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor.

The Sumerians and their inventions

5000 BCE

The invented bronze out of copper, they developed the wagon wheel and the arch in order to have a steadier building. 5000 B.C.

Fertile Crescent

5000 BCE

The land in the Arabic region 5000 B.C.

Bronze Age

3000 BCE

when bronze was the trend to use

Ancient Egypt

2500 BCE

The interesting ideas from the Egyptian people, such as Pyramids, hieroglyphics, and mummification.

Indo-European migration map

2500 BCE

The Indo-Europeans created many words that the English language took and evolved the words. A word that is like this is skeud meaning to shoot.

Hammurabi's Greatest Achievement.

2000 BCE

Hammurabi was the leader of Mesopotamia. He managed to get all of Mesopotamia under his rule. His greatest achievement was his attempt "to bring justice throughout the land." Hammurabi had a code of laws which he used to do this. 2000 B.C.

Hittites

2000 BCE

The new type of metal they created, they also created two-person chariots and they had government officials who independent authority.

The Moses contributions to Judaism

1200 BCE

Moses created the Tora which is the bible for Jewish people and he created the idea that they should believe in one god

Phoenicians Alphabet

1000 BCE

The Phoenicians alphabet was a series of written symbols that represents a sound.

Ancient Rome

509 BCE

Rome believed in worshipping their ancestral spirits, they believed that men were the absolute head of the household and they took from Greek culture the Greek gods and converted them to their own Roman ways. Over time they created a government much like ours today.

Iron Age

500 BCE

When iron was trending to use

The Golden Age

400 BCE

The Olympics, the teaching methods of Socrates which were to ask the students questions about their answers to make sure they could create a logical back up to their point and the sculptures being life-sized and it started with only doing gods and goddesses.

Hellenic Period

336 BCE

The Hellenic Period was when the civilization of Hellenic flourished from about the 700s B.C until 336 B.C. They had many important contributions such as the idea of taxing, different techniques for building, and figuring out navigation.

Only Hellenistic

323 BCE

They created the compound pulley, they learned about buoyancy, they discovered the body's nervous system and how to use drugs to relieve pain.

Hellenistic and Hellenic period ideas

250 BCE

They had the idea to give women more rights to do things and to independently make more decisions and that people don't have to stick to the place they originated from, but they can go where. it best benefits them.

Punic Wars

200 BCE

The Punic Wars were between the Carthaginians and Rome. There were three of these wars and they were all about gaining control over the Mediterranean. Rome won these wars in the end with their leader Cato.

The Roman Crisis

200 BCE

The number one cause of the Roman Crisis was when the farmers land was taken away by the wealthy Romans. This was a result of the Punic Wars. Tiberius and Gais would have succeeded if they proposed their idea in a better way or if they thought of an idea that helped both the wealthy and poor people.

Roman Empire Rulers

45 BCE

Scipio was a Roman general who won the second Punic War against the Carthaginians and forced them to give up their warships, land and agree to another indemnity. Julius Caesar took power over the two other leaders he originally was allied with in Rome and then named himself dictator and claimed the land. Julius Caesar improved and the Greek calendar and made the present-day calendar with 365 days and he invented leap year.

Pax Romona/Romona Empire

100

Pax Romona is a time period where Rome was prosperous and was trading with other countries. The Roman Empire created the idea people are innocent until guilty, which we use today in America. The buildings and arenas they created are still standing today. They also gave more citizenship to people.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

476

The first cause was from inflation which caused their economy to crash. The other reason is the invasions of the barbarians wanting the land. The Huns and Germans wanted the land and it became a huge fight for it. The Germanic tribe won over the land in the end. The last reason is splitting the empire into two weakened the Romans.