Ancient history 6th grade

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