Characteristics of...SOL Review 1*

*1st humans like us

*Lucy is oldest example

*emerged from Africa 100,000 years ago

• Paleolithic Era

• Homo Sapiens

• Neolithic Era

• Neanderthals

* nomadic lifestyle

* hunter-gatherers

* made fire and simple tools

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Mesopotamia

• Bronze Age

* domesticated animals

* permanent settlements

* agriculture revolution

*domestication of animals

*advanced tools & writing

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Classical Civilization

• First Homo sapiens

* 282 harsh laws

* didn't treat all social classes equally

* eye for an eye

• Twelve Tables

• Draco's Law Code

• Justinian's Code

• Hammurabi's Code

* division of labor

* complex social institutions

* advanced technology & writing

* large trade centers

• Civilization

• Bronze Age

• Feudalism

• Mandate of Heaven

* 1st city-states

* 1st written language

*Ziggurats - temples for worship

* invented the wheel & plow

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Hebrews

• Phoenicians

* 1st monotheistic religion

* Torah & 10 Commandments

* Abraham is founder

*Moses is prophet

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Hebrews

• Phoenicians

* 1st alphabet

* great shipbuilders

* colonized north coast of Africa

* purple dye

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Hebrews

• Phoenicians

* pharaoh kings

* pyramid tombs

Hieroglyphics

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Hebrews

• Phoenicians

* Imperial Bureaucracy

* Zoroastrianism

* King Cyrus shows tolerance to captured people

* Royal Road

• Egyptians

• Romans

• Persians

• Greeks