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ANCIENT HISTORY
ANCIENT HISTORY BEGAN WITH THE INVENTION OF WRITING
THEY USED PICTOGRAMS
Do you know why writing was invented?
They needed to control the production, the land, the taxes. The first writing system was invented in Mesopotamia about 5500 years ago.
FIRST CIVILISATIONS
Describe the pictures… Do you know what the first civilisations were?
WICH ELEMENTS DO THE PICTURES HAVE IN COMMON?
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In ancient times, major civilisations developed along large rivers and next to the sea.
Do you know why rivers were so important?
• All the ancient civilisations developed next to big rivers.• Good farming conditions made it easy to feed large numbers of people.
• It was easy for people to move from place to place.
MESOPOTAMIAThey used writing to edit the law.
The Hammurabi Code consists of 282 laws
If anyone commits a robbery and is caught, then they shall be put to death.If a man destroys the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye. If one breaks a man's bone, they shall break his bone.If a boy strikes his father they would cut off the boy's hand or fingers .
The Rivers in Mesopotamia:Euprhates, Tigris
They invented the wheel to improve transportation
They made canals to improve farming
First cities appeared: they had streets, squares, public buildings,
palaces and temples.
Ziggurat was the most important temple in Mesopotamia.
Only priests could come inThey had several plantsThey wanted to be near to the sky
THE FERTILE CRESCENT LISTENING
GREEK CIVILITATION BEGAN TO DEVELOP ABOUT 3000 YEARS AGO
DESCRIBE THE PICTURE
THEY WERE FARMERS AND ANIMAL HEADERS
THEY FOUNDED PROSPEROUS CITIES (POLIS) LIKE ATHENS AND
SPARTA
SOCIETY
Women in ancient Greece were not permitted to take part in public life.
Men went to the Theatre for entertainment To watch dramas
It is thought that women were not allowed to watch theatre or perform at the theatre, although male actors did play women roles
THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE AND ART
ANCIENT GREEKS INVENTED DEMOCRACY AS A NEW FORM OF
GOVERMENT
• The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece. The Games were part of a religious festival.. The Games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods, and were staged every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis. People from all over the Greek world came to watch and take part. The modern Olympic Games begun in 1896
The Olympic Games
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MthUbt6p1cg
Can you see some similarity with the Greek and the Mesopotamian civilisation?
GEOGRAPHY
People say that a man called Romulus killed his twin brother Remus and built a city called Rome.
ROME• ROME WAS THE ______OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE
• THE ROMANS SPOKE A ______ CALLED LATIN
(OUR LANGUAGE COMES FROM LATIN)
• THE ROMANS________ MANY CITIES AND
MONUMENTS
TEMPLE
AMPHITHEATRE
AQUEDUCT
CAPITAL
LANGUAGE
BUILT
• Of all the people in Ancient Rome, nearly half of them were slaves.
• In Ancient Rome, only boys went to school. Girls stayed at home.
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Ancient Egypt. Educational video for Kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVlXOyU10I
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