Culture and Civilization (Sophmore History)

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What is History?

  • The past

  • Recorded or documented

  • Events, people, ideas

  • Affected a significant # of people


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Sources of History

  • Artifacts

  • Traditions (often oral)

    • Bible

  • Documented records 

    • (primary and secondary)


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Eras of History

  • Prehistoric

    • Before history

    • Creation 6,000 BC - Written Records 3,000 BC

  • Ancient

    • Old

    • Written records 3,000 BC - Fall of Rome 476 AD

  • Medivil

    • Middle Ages/Dark Ages

    • Fall of Rome 476 - Columbus sails for America 1492

  • Modern

    • Columbus 1492-1945

  • Post-Modern (Post-Christian)

    • 1945 - present


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Time

  • Decade (10 Years)

  • Century (100 years)

    • Ends with 00

    • Takes its name from the 00 year (21st Century)

  • Millennium (1000 years)


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What is culture?

  • Shared Practices

    • Food, clothing, entertainment, tools, social customs

  • Shared Understandings

    • Language, symbols, religion, art, politics

  • Shared Organication

    • Family, class, government, economics


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What makes a civilization?

  1. Specialized workers / social classes

  2. Cities

  3. Complex Institutions/government and organized institutions (banks, college/university, etc.)

  4. Advanced technology/art and science

  5. Written record-keeping


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What do BC and AD mean?

AD

  • Anno Domini, NOT After Death

    • In the Year of our Lord

    • Way to think: After Jesus’ Birth

  • CE - Common Era (secular)


BC

  • Before the BIRTH of Jesus Christ

  • BCE - Before the Common Era (secular)