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Creating a TimelineCreating a TimelineWhat do we need to know?
Timeline LingoTimeline Lingo
BC – before ChristBCE – before the common eraAD – Latin meaning “Anno
Domini”Translated “In the year of the
Lord” CE – Common Era
Timeline Lingo Cont…Timeline Lingo Cont…Pre-History: All events before the
written wordHistory: All events after the
written wordDecade – 10 years Century – 100 yearsMillennium – 1000 yearsWe live in the 21st Century
◦230 AD = 3rd Century
Getting started:Getting started:On the front of your time line
sheet draw a line starting about an inch from the end.
Draw this line all the way across your sheet just like it is on the board
So what do we put first:So what do we put first:
Any suggestions???
Right lets go with the first humans…
Any idea where the oldest human remains have been found?
First box:First box:4,000,000 BCFirst hominids
appear in Africa ◦Early hominid
footprint
What do these footprints tell us?
Second box:Second box:2,500,000 BCPaleolithic Age
begins (Old Stone Age)
First time we see tools
What did they use these for?
Third Box:Third Box:1,600,000 BC Homo Erectus appears (‘upright
man’)
Fourth Box:Fourth Box:200,000 BC Neanderthals appear
What is a Neanderthal? ◦Powerfully built, thick bones,
developed religious beliefs, and resourceful.
Fifth box:Fifth box:40,000 BC Cro-Magnons
emerge
What is a Cro-Magnon? ◦Skelton identical
to modern humans
Sixth Box:Sixth Box:8000 BC Neolithic Age begins (new stone
age)First signs of agriculture takes
place
Seventh Box:Seventh Box:3,000 BCBronze AgeRefers to the
time when people began using bronze, rather than copper and stone.
River Valley CivilizationsRiver Valley Civilizations
Next time line period:Next time line period:3950 – 1000 BC River Dynasties in China
Second timeline period:Second timeline period:3500 – 1800 BC City-States in Mesopotamia
Third time line period:Third time line period:3000 – 2000 BC Ancient Egypt
Fourth time line period:Fourth time line period:2500 – 1700 BCIndus Valley Civilizations
Lets check out the book:Lets check out the book:Fill out the chart using page 56 in
your book. You do not have to copy word for
word but make sure you cover the main points
Early River Valley Early River Valley CivilizationsCivilizations
Meso- potamia
Egypt Indus Valley
China
Environment
Power and Authority
Science and Technology
For Example:For Example:In the first box I would write:
◦Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates ◦Unpredictable flooding ◦No natural barriers, limited
resources.
Now think what each of these means for their day to day lives in Mesopotamia?
Greece on TopGreece on Top2000 B.C.Minoan Civilizations on Crete
GreeceGreece1500 B.C. Mycenaean culture on Greece
mainland
GreeceGreece1200 B.C. Trojan War
GreeceGreece750 B.C. Greek city-
states flourish
GreeceGreece479 B.C. Greece Triumphs in
Persian Wars
GreeceGreece334 B.C. Alexander starts to build his
empire
Rome on the bottomRome on the bottom753 B.C. Rome founded
RomeRome509 B.C. Rome becomes a Republic
RomeRome264 B.C. 1st Punic War
RomeRome218 B.C. 2nd Punic War
RomeRome149 B.C. 3rd Punic War
RomeRome100 B.C. Julius
Caesar born
RomeRome44 B.C. Caesar named dictator for life Killed in the same year
RomeRome31 B.C. Octavin defeats Anthony and
Cleopatra
RomeRome284 A.D. Diocletian becomes emperor of
Rome
RomeRome330 A.D. Constantine moves capitol
RomeRome476 A.D. Western Roman Empire falls