Intro to The Ancient Mediterranean World

Intro to The Ancient Mediterranean World

- Geography

- Climate

- Government

- Economics

- Early Religion

- Technology

- Monuments

- Good Mapping

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Unit 1: History in the Mediterranean World

Challenge

Geography- Dominated by the

Mediterranean Sea

- Natural barriers form

borders

- Key feature are river

valleys

- Tigris and Euphrates

- Nile

Climate

- Not based on

daily weather,

but on long term

trends

- 6000 years ago,

relatively wet

and cool

- Climate began

to warm and dry

out

Government- Who rules?

- Rise of cities led to the

city-state

- City-states are a city that

operates as its own country

- Usually ruled by a single

person or the religious elite

of the society

Economics

- How the people made, used and

traded stuff

- Cities needed to produce enough for

their citizens

- Food often held in communal stores,

distributed through the winter

Take 5: WriteIn complete sentences, on the

same note page, describe to

yourself how and why humans

came to live in cities.

Early Religion

- Most religions were

polytheistic

- Gods were tied to a

specific natural

phenomena

- Many Gods also tied

to what they could

see at night

- Priests and

priestesses occupied a

place of high honor

Inanna: Sumer- Tied to planet

Venus

- Love, prostitution

and war

Babylon: Marduk

- Water, vegetation,

judgement and

magic

- Patron God of the

city of Babylon

Egypt: Osiris- God of Death

- Lord of the underworld

Technology

- Bronze Age

- Bronze is made by

mixing copper and tin

- It bends easily, but

does not break

- The aircraft carrier of

the ancient world

Monuments

- Humans build

monuments to what

is important

- Examples in our

society?

- Some of the greatest

monuments became

known as Wonders

Good MappingBasics:

- Small, neat writing

- Symbology

- Accuracy

Elements to Include:

- Title and author

- Legend

- Purpose