Unit 1-The First Civilizations

By 10,000 B.C., Homo sapiens sapiens had spread throughout the world.

Hellenistic cities became centers for the spread of Roman culture.

Caesar Augustus was named emperor, an event that stabilized the Roman Empire.

The Kushan kingdom prospered.

Under Alexander, Macedonians and Greeks conquered the Persian Empire.

The Mauryan dynasty flourished under Asoka.

Mesopotamia, one of the first civilizations, began along the Nile River.

Greek culture and society were heavily influenced by the Romans.

The creation of an Athenian empire led to war with Corinth.

Their political skills prevented the Romans to maintain control over their conquered lands

Systematic agriculture brought about major changes for early humans.

The Romans conquered the plain of Latium, the Italian peninsula, and then the Mediterranean.

Greek philosophers were NOT concerned with rational thought about the nature of the universe.

Mycenaean civilization flourished in Greece between 1600 and 1100 B.C.

The polis, or city-state, was the central focus of Greek life.

The Qin and Han dynasties established weak central governments.

Paleolithic peoples had no technology at all.

Greeks believed that ritualized religion was necessary for the well-being of the state.

The Persians used the Iliad and Odyssey to present role models to their people.

The Nile was crucial to the development of Egyptian civilization.

The Egyptians formed city-states and created forms of communication.

Achievements during the Qin and Han dynasties included the invention of paper.

India’s earliest cities provided the foundation for the Aryans.

The Israelites did not create an empire, but they left an influential world religion, Judaism.

Christianity NEVER spread throughout the empire or became the state religion of Rome.

Jesus was a Jew from Rome who preached publicly.

The Gupta Empire left a short-term impact in literature, architecture, and science.

Three schools of thought about the nature of humans and the universe emerged in Ancient China.

The instability of the Roman Empire eventually led to civil wars and increased military power.

Chinese dynasties followed a rise and fall pattern.

Greek culture and politics did not spread with its colonies.

The Romans spread both Greek and Roman contributions to vulture throughout the empire.

The caste system was a set of loose, unstructured social categories in Indian society.

The decline of the Israelites allowed a number of small kingdoms and city-states to emerge.

The Hittites and Egyptians were never overshadowed by the Assyrian and Persian Empires.

During the Age of Pericles, Sparta became the center of Greek culture.

Egyptian history is divided into three major periods.