My history side
Chapter 2 was about early hominids.The whole chapter was about early humans and how they lived.Some early humans where smarter than others so they could survive longer.Early humans used to do wall paintings in caves.Each type of humans had different types of skills.There was the very ancient humans like astralopithecus also known as lucy.There was the homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapiens neanderthalensis, and homo sapien sapiens.The homo habilis was also known as th handy man they were able to make tools.They made all kinds of tools for hunting and for other uses.Next is the homo erectus they were the first ones to sit up straight.The homo erectus were also much different from the homo habilis they also made the first fires.After was the homo sapiens they were the first to have a sense of community.They would hunt in a group to get better chances at more food.
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In chapter 6 it was talking about the four empires of mesopotamia and what thier achievements were.The four empires were the akkadian,babylonian,assyrian,and the neobabylonian.One intresting thing that i found out is that hammurabi was the best at making codes in that whole century.All of empires were
In chapter 14 it talks about mohejodaro and how they lives and their secrets.The mohenjodaro were almost the most ancient civilized city.So the mohenjodaro had lots of interesting things in their ruins and it is really important to history.They had very interesting beleifs about religion and they used to make beads,statues,ect.The Mohenjodaro had a very complex sewer system and games,also clay models so as you see they had a lot of entertainment.
Chapter 16 talks about Buddhism is a religion and dharma that encompasses a variety of tradition, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teaching attributed to the Buddha. Buddhism originated in India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, from where it spread through much of Asia, whereafter it declined in India during the middle ages. Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada and Mahaya. Buddhism is the , with over 500 million followers or 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
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Chapter 15 talks about Hindu beliefs include the four purusarthas, the proper goals or aims of human life, namely Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha ,karma, samsara , and the various Yogas Hindu practices include rituals such as puja and recitations, meditation, family-oriented rites of passage, annual festivals, and occasional pilgrimages. Some Hindus leave their social world and material possessions, then engage in lifelong Sannyasa to achieve Moksha.Hinduism prescribes the eternal duties, such as honesty, refraining from injuring living beings, patience, forbearance, self-restraint, and compassion, among others.
Chapter 17 talks about King Ashoka and how he was in the Mauryan empire, he gave up violence to stop pain and war for India to be a great leader.This chapter also consists of how Ashoka. Ashoka was an ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from 268 to 232 BCE.One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over a realm that stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to the modern state of Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra, with capitals at Taxila and Ujjain. Chapter 13 talks about Early towns began to appear in India in about 2500 B.C.E. Over the next 2,000 years, a unique civilization developed in India. According to an ancient Indian story, a river god and a river goddess once lived in the snow-covered Himalayas, a mountain range extending through northern India. One day, the two decided to race down the mountains to the plains below. The river goddess sped straight down and won the race. But her joy soon turned to worry. Where was the river god? The river god had slowed down to admire the snowcapped mountains and the rich brown earth in the valleys. In time, he flowed down to meet his goddess. The two rivers became one, joined forever on India's plains. The rivers made the land good for farming. Chapter 24 talks about the trade on the Silk Road played a significant role in the development of the civilizations of China, the Goguryeo kingdom,Japan, the Indian subcontinent, Persia, Europe, the Horn of Africa and Arabia, opening long-distance political and economic relations between the civilizations.Though silk was certainly the major trade item exported from China, many other goods were traded, as well as religions, syncretic philosophies, and different technologies. Mesopotamia The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC, when it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire. Egypt Egypt has among the longest histories of any modern country, emerging as one of the world's first nation states in the tenth millennium BC.Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt experienced some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government. Iconic monuments such as the Giza Necropolis and its Great Sphinx, as well the ruins of Memphis, Thebes, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings, reflect this legacy and remain a significant focus of archaeological study and popular interest worldwide. Egypt's rich cultural heritage is an integral part of its national identity, which has endured, and at times assimilated, various foreign influences, including Greek, Persian, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and European. One of the earliest centres of Christianity, Egypt was Islamised in the seventh century and remains a predominantly Muslim country, albeit with a significant Christian minority. china China is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.381 billion.The state is governed by the Communist Party of China and its capital is Beijing.It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing) and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), also claiming sovereignty over Taiwan. The country's major urbanareas include Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower. India India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand. Early man Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct hominin that lived between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago. A. afarensiswas slenderly built, like the younger Australopithecus africanus. A. afarensis is thought to be more closely related to the genus Homo (which includes the modern human species Homo sapiens), whether as a direct ancestor or a close relative of an unknown ancestor, than any other known primate from the same time.Some researchers include A. afarensis in the Chapter Chapter 30 talks about Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great was a king and a member of the Argead dynasty. He was born in Pella in 356 BC and succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of twenty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world by the age of thirty, stretching from Greece to northwestern India.He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military comman. Chapter 33 talks about . |