Humanities 7

By Jasonz9999

  • Lifetime of Lucy

    Lifetime of Lucy lived 4 million years ago
    Australopithecus afarensis walked up right on two legs and their intelligence was 1/3 of ours.

  • Homo Habilis

    Homo habilis lived 2 million years ago
    Homo habilis' are the oldest hominids ever

  • Homo Erectus

    Homo erectus lived 1.8 billion years ago
    Homo erectus were the first people to use fire and use fire to survive. They used fire to cook and warmth for survival.

  • Homo sapiens neanderthals

    Homo sapiens neanderthals lived less than 500,000 years ago
    Homo sapien neanderthals had a brain that was as large as modern humans

  • Homo sapiens sapiens

    Homo sapiens sapiens: modern humans
    They gathered food, hunted food and other behaviors to use as an advantage to survive.

  • Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer

    Approx: 2900 BCE
    - Lived a life succesfully
    - Learned to cook, hunt, farm, etc.
    - Had a stable food supply, they had jobs, and they had water. - Settled in Mesopotamia, first Mesopotamian civilization

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh (part 2)

    fought with the Bull of Heaven. Gilgamesh seeked for immortality and youth. After his long journey, he realizes that he made a good civilization and was remembered for the things he left behind.

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh (part 1)

    The Epic of Gilgamesh was a polytheistic society, a civilization that worshipped many gods.
    The Epic of Gilgamesh had a king, named Gilgamesh who was the king of Uruk. He's the mighty king, He had a lot of adventures such as seeking for immortality, fights with Enkidu, and fights with Humbaba. His best friend, or brother-like friend is Enkidu who has the same strength and skill that could be competed with Gilgamesh. He was a good king, so he rejected Ishtar and Enkidu and Gilgamesh fought with

  • Abraham

    Approx: 1900 BCE
    - Jacob's grandfather
    - Abraham is the first person to believe in God.
    - First person to talk to God in the bible.

  • Hammurabi's Code

    1792 - 1750 BCE
    Hammurabi is one of the recognized leaders in Mesopotamia. Shamash asked Hammurabi to make the code of laws, which had 210 laws. The purpose was to have order and respect for each other, and if Babylons refuse to follow these laws, their families, their land, warriors and troops would be cursed. Some of these laws are debatable due to the consequences being too high. Hammurabi is recognized mostly because he brought justice to the kingdom.

  • Joseph goes to Egypt and the Israelites follow

    1280 - 1240 BCE
    - Favorite son of Jacob
    - Great grandson of Abraham
    - Joseph was used as a slave to his brothers
    - His brothers hated him

  • Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments

    Approx: 1280-1240 BCE
    - Moses was the savior for the jews
    - Moses separated the Nile River so jews could be free
    - Moses heard the voice of God though the bush
    - Their god told Moses the Ten Commandments that he wrote down.

  • The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings

    Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE.
    One of the judges, Deborah was the first female judge ever. In around their time, judges ruled instead of kings. That was the time before kings took over.
    Ruth was a woman from Moab who was first married to Mahlon of Judah. She was widowed.

  • The Reign of David

    1013-973 BCE.
    David was a king of Israel. David had courage to fight Goliath. He picked up a sword and battled Goliath. He swung and hit Goliath on his forehead. This made David a hero, and became a king. He was the first to unite all tribes in Israel. His reign began in 1000BCE.

  • Elijah

    Approx. 875-853 BCE.
    Elijah was a prophet in Israel in the 9th century BC. Elijah raised the dead, brought fire down from the sky and ascended into heaven on a whirlwind. Elijah went to the desert and rank water and ate food. Elijah said you brought the drought to Israel to Aman. Fire came down on the bull. Elijah was holy that he didn't die.

  • Siege of Lachish

    701 BCE
    - Lachish was taken over by the assyrian empire.
    - Assyrians destroyed 46 cities and took 200150 captives.
    - Lachish showed misery.
    - People in Lachish were deported to Assyrian empires.

  • Siege of Jerusalem

    587 BCE
    - Fought at war with it's own kingdom
    - People were exiled
    - Temples were destroyed

  • Indus Valley Civilizations

    2000 BCE
    When Aryan tribes of Persia invaded Indus Valley, Hinduism began to form because their groups' beliefs merged.
    Mohenjo-Daro is one of the major Indus cities.
    Indus were agricultural people.

  • The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas

    1700 BCE
    The Aryans traveled through Europe and Asia and conquered whatever was in their path.
    Aryans weren't agricultural people and only worshipped male gods.
    Vedas were transmitted through memorization and recital. They were translated into Sanskrit which is a Hindu language developed by Aryans.

  • The Ascetics and the Upanishads

    700-500 BCE
    Ascetics were people that were dedicated to a life of special austerity and self-discipline. Ascetics chose a hermitage in the forest or gathered with others to live of intense devotion and meditation.
    Upanishads means sitting beside a guru. They were authored by ascetics between 700-500BCE. It is also the final part of the Vedas.