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HistoryWhat does the word mean?
Study of peopleTheir culturesTheir actions
Where does the word come from?His Story
ManBible is the original history bookJesus
Focal PointWhat is a focal point?
The center or most important point
Focal point of man’s historyJesus
Focal point of American historyCivil War
Learning from HistoryStudying the past
Able to understand why people did what they didAble to see how they reacted to events that took
place
Applied historyAble to make decisions to help with present &
futureAble to control our reaction so as not to repeat
mistakes
The World Before 1500
Societies of AmericasSocieties of Africa
Societies of Europe
Societies of Americas1st people in America
MigrationSedentary - permanentSemi sedentary – moved for farmingNon sedentary – moved for game, fish, or plants (food)
Rise of civilizationsComplex societies
Common languageCommon religionCommon artCommon dress
MesoamericaOlmec -1200-400 B.C.
Maize (corn)Colossal heads
Maya – 250-900 A.D.Large citiesGiant templesBall courts
Both died out before Europeans cameClimate changes, disease, warfare, famine, or
politics
MesoamericaInca – 1300-1500 A.D.
Modern day PeruVery advanced
System of roads that ran almost length of South America
Accurate calendarEarly clockMacchu PicchuWiped out by Pizarro
MesoamericaAztec – 1300-1500 A.D.
Advanced civilization like Europe Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City)
Built on an island on Lake Texcoco Lake was snake infested
Used strong military to conquer weak neighbors Forced labor of conquered enemies
Conquered by Cortes
Native North Americans 7 million in 1400 Lived according to environment
Inuit in AlaskaPueblo in desert SW Iroquois & Algonquin in NE (slash & burn agriculture)Cherokee, Choctaw, & Chickasaw in SESioux & Pawnee in Great Plains
Societies of AfricaSahara
Dry hot desert
SavannahLarge grasslands
Rain Forest Jungle
Societies of AfricaSocieties centered around water
Mediterranean sea to north Niger, Volta, & Sengal rivers to west
Islam carried by traders, travellers, & merchantsMuslims were followers of the Islamic prophet
Mohammed
Ghana – 700-1100 A.D.Complex society along Niger river
Mali – by 1200’sMansa Musa leader who took over Ghana &
promoted Islam
Slave Trade BeginsSlavery
Captured people used as forced unpaid labor
KongoLocated on Zaire river
NdongoSouthern neighbor who waged war & carried
enemies away as slavesBegan slave tradeTraded slaves with Europeans beginning in 1480s
Societies of EuropeMiddle or Dark Ages – 1300-1500 A.D.
Manor systemLords, Knights, & Serfs
Great Famine & Black Death 100 years war between France & Great Britain
Renaissance & ReformationPeople began to look outside the box
CopernicusCatholics & Protestants (Martin Luther)Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg
North Atlantic & South Atlantic current