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1. Williams Friedrich Spencer Knauff Coney Kane Forlini Webb Chetty Shaul Jones Moseley Tracy Dyess Beaumont K. Spencer Davoudpour Alexander Miao Jeong D O O R Lim Hillery Davis Mr Kay _____ Period Hettick Crye Lawhead BOARD

2. Lets Talk Time • History vs. Pre-History • What is the difference between History and “The Past” ?

3. Time Periods • BCE • Before Common Era • BC • Before Christ • CE • Common Era • AD • Anno domini • “in the year of our lord”

4. How do we tell time? • Centuries • 0-100 = 1st Century • 754 = ? Century • If I give you two different dates in history, how do you know how far apart they are? • Number line! • Same side of line = SUBTRACT • Different side of line = ADD

5. Examples Tell me the time difference between… 50 BCE  2011 2061 Yrs 50 CE  2011 1961 Yrs

6. The Five Traits of Civilization

7. Civilization:a highly organized and complex society with an advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government, art and science.

8. 1. Growth of Cities • Farming allowed nomads to settle into permanent villages & cities • They worked harder and longer • Monumental structures appear

9. 2. Specialized Workers • Farmers had surplus • What can you do with surplus food? • Key to freeing up labor to specialize • Social, political, economic hierarchy develops • Class differences

10. 3. Writing • Need to keep track of surplus • ( grains, livestock, etc.) • Earliest appears in Sumer • (cuneiform)

11. 4. Complex Institutions • Cities required more organization than villages • Government, rules, religions, education, etc.

12. 5. Advanced technology • The early Sumerians used the wheel, the plow, and sailboats • The Bronze Age emerges with advances in metal work ( alloys)