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…

Twelve Tables

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…

Justinian’s

Code

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