History 1

4 Historical Reasoning Processes:

Causation, Comparison, Continuity, Change of Time

6 Features of Civilizations:

Cities, Surplus of Food, Specialization of labor, shared belief system +values, writing political system

Innovations/ Trends of early civilizations that still persist:

Legal Code, War, Social Hierarchy, Monumental Architecture, Trade, Religious Practices

6 Course Themes:

Special organization/ hierarchy, Political, Interactions, Cultural, Economics, Technology

Neolithic

New Stone Age; about 10,000 years ago; developed agriculture

When did Hinduism start:

4,000 B.C

When did Judaism start:

3,500 B.C

When did Buddhism start:

560 B.C

When did Christianity start:

1 A.D

When Islam start:

610 A.D

Decline of Classical Empires:

Disease, Decline in Trade, Overtaxation of the peasants