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World History 1 SOL Review
•Literature & Laws
•Writing Systems
•Paleolithic Age
people did this in
their caves….
Cave Art
In Ancient Egypt…..
•Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egypt
pictograms
Mesopotamia
•Cuneiform Early Sumerian writing (Mesopotamia) - Clay tablets
Law code
•Hammurabi’s Code
1st written code of law
King of Babylonian Empire “eye for an eye” Not equal to all - Rich vs. poor
Hebrews
•10 Commandments
-Moses receives for Hebrews
-rules for ethical behavior
-also used by Christians and
Muslims
•The Hebrew holy book is the……
TorahTorah
Ancient China
Chinese Calligraphy
1st used by Shang priests on
•ORACLE BONES
•Indus Valley
writing (images on
stone & clay) has not
been Deciphered
• Phoenicians were the
1st people of the ancient
world (Fertile Crescent)
to develop an…
• phoenetic
Alphabet
Greek poet who wrote the
ILIAD&_ODYSSEY
About the TROJAN Wars was….
Homer
The Greeks also started
this form of art which included Tragedies and Comedies…
DRAMA
The Romans
1st Code of Law was called the…
The Roman Poet
Virgil also wrote
Stories of the Trojan
War called the ….
Aeneid
The Byzantine Emperor
Justinian Re-codified
old Roman Laws…they
are called…
Byzantine’s influence resulted in a new language for the Slav’s/Russian’s
called (clue...St. Cyril)
Cyrillic Alphabet
What written Language is this?
ArabicCalligraphy
What Holy Book is written in Arabic?
Quran (Koran) Considered by
Muslims to be the
word of GOD
Hindu sacred writings are the…
• Vedas ( Aryans introduce w/ Caste system)
• Upanishads
• Which civilization greatly influenced Japan?
• What or How did it influence?
•China
•Writing also Archictecture
and Buddhism
Acheivements of the Mayan, Aztecs and Incas included…
• Calendars
• Mathematics
and
•Writing Systems
• In 1215 King John of
England was forced to
signed the (clue-great
charter)….
•Magna Carta
During the Middle Ages in Europe Church Scholars
were among the few who could read and write. They translated Greek and Arabic script into Latin.
Machiavelli wrote…
_____________
*about how to rule…Absolute power*”ends justifies the means”*do good if possible,
but do evil if necessary_
•The Prince
Famous Humanist scholar and sonnet writer was…
Petrach
The invention of the Printing Press made the production and sale of books as well as the spread of ideas much easier.
What was the first book made with the printing
press?
The Gutenburg Bible
Two ImportantNorthern Renaissance writers were…
• Erasmus - The Praise of Folly
• Sir Thomas More - Utopia