foundations: 8000 b.c.e.- 600 c.e.* *ap world history new periods 8000 bce- 600 bce 600 bce- 600 ce

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Foundations: 8000 B.C.E.- 600 C.E.* *AP World History New Periods •8000 BCE- 600 BCE •600 BCE- 600 CE

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Foundations: 8000 B.C.E.- 600 C.E.*

*AP World History New Periods

•8000 BCE- 600 BCE

•600 BCE- 600 CE

Foundations Themes

Interaction and Exchange

Urbanization

Nomadic Peoples

Axial Age

Empires

Spread of Religion

Key Concept 1.1. Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth

Migration of hunting and foraging humans

Adaptations of technology and culture (fire, new tools, animistic, small kinship groups, limited interactions)

Key Concept 1.2. The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies

Key Concept 1.3. The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral and Urban Societies

What is a Civilization?

Origins of term-

Standard criteria:

Use of term?

Civilizations?

Population

Demography-

What factors influence population growth and decline?

Role of Climate and Geography in Early Societies

Imagine how were early societies may have been affected.

How do you think early peoples responded?

What difference would geography make in the long term development of a society?

Comparison of Egypt and Mesopotamia

Egypt

Predictable flood

Mesopotamia

Irregular flooding

Finding Early Historical Evidence

Types of Sources

David Keyes, Catastrophe

Changing interpretations and new evidence

Nomadic Peoples

Hunting-gathering lifestyle (!Kung people)

Labor/ leisure

Population growth

Gender relations

Rise of Agriculture

Spontaneous separate development – why, where and when?

Diffusion of specific plants and techniques

Birth of New Technologies

Fire

Bronze

Iron

Early Societies

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Indus

Shang

Mesoamerica and Andean South America (Olmec and Chavin)

Urbanization

Comparisons between urban, pastoral and nomadic life

Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E.

Key Concept 2.1. The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions

Key Concept 2.2. The Development of States and Empires

Key Concept 2.3. Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange

Classical SocietiesAxial age-

Why then?

Results: ReligionPoliticsSocial StructureGender relations

Axial Age Thinkers

Empire Building

What does an empire require?

What do its subjects expect?

Symbols of legitimacy

Symbols of Legitimacy

Achievements

Greek science and philosophy

Roman law and architecture

Political organization in Han China

Spiritual and artistic developments in Gupta India

Urbanization and Gender

How might gender roles be affected as peoples settled?

Origins of World Belief Systems

Polytheism

Origins of World Belief Systems

Hinduism

Origins of World Belief Systems

Judaism

Origins of World Belief Systems

Confucianism

Origins of World Belief Systems

Daoism

Origins of World Belief Systems

Buddhism

Origins of World Belief Systems

Christianity

Origins of World Belief Systems

Islam

Diffusion of Belief Systems

Collapse of Empires

Why do Empires fall?

Conrad-Demarest Model

Early Migrations

Interregional Networks of People by 600 C.E.

Silk Roads

Mediterranean trade

Indian Ocean trade

Meso and Andean American trading

Silk Routes

Mediterranean Trade Routes

Indian Ocean Trade

Conclusions

How do we know what we know?

How does change happen?

What results stem from interaction through migration, trade or pilgrimage?

Do case studies detract from the bigger story or enrich it?

Why do world historians need to pose questions differently than regional specialists?