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Time Vocabulary

Time Vocabulary. And Timeline of European History. First…some vocabulary. Circa = around a given year. Written as a lower case c. Use like this: The first evidence of the domestication of plants is from c. 8000 BC The first pyramid was built for the Pharaoh Djoser c. 2650 BC.

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Time Vocabulary

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  1. Time Vocabulary And Timeline of European History

  2. First…some vocabulary • Circa = around a given year. • Written as a lower case c. • Use like this: • The first evidence of the domestication of plants is from c. 8000 BC • The first pyramid was built for the Pharaoh Djoser c. 2650 BC.

  3. BEFORE AND AFTER: Two systems TRADITIONAL • B.C. = Before Christ • A.D. = Anno Domini • The Year of our Lord • NOTE: There is no year zero! • After December 31st, 1 B.C., the next day was January 1st, 1 C.E. • These mean the same thing! • So, why do we have two ways to say it? CONTEMPORARY • B.C.E. = Before Common Era • C.E. = Common Era

  4. OTHER CULTURES • Gregorian Calendar (Christian): • Based on birth of Jesus (around 1 C.E., although…) • Current Year = 2012 • New Year = January • Muslim Calendar: • Based on the year Muhammad arrived in Mecca (622) • Current Year = 1433 • New Year = November 15, 2012

  5. OTHER CULTURES • Jewish Calendar: • Based on age of the world (according to the Torah) • Current Year = 5773 • New Year (was) = September 17, 2012 • Chinese Calendar: • Ancient. No certain origin. • Current Year = 4709 (or others, depending on calendar) • New Year = February 10, 2013

  6. CENTURIES • A century = 100 years • We live in the 21st Century…why? • The first century C.E. goes from year 1 to year 100. That’s the first 100 years of the Common Era. • The second century C.E. goes from year 101 to year 200. The second 100 years. • …and so forth

  7. CENTURIES PRACTICE • Make two columns (years on left; century on right) • Write the correct years or correct century to match. • 1934 • 1401-1500 • 1776 • 1201-1300 • 323 B.C.E • 20th Century • 15th Century • 18th Century • 13th Century • 4th Century B.C.E.

  8. Rise of Civilizations • Hunter / Gathering becomes “civilizations” with agriculture. • Increase knowledge and technology (irrigation!), and transportation. • Agriculture (farming) and domestication (keeping animals)increases because population increased, need food. • Fertile Crescent, Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ancient China, Rome = ancient civilizations. • Civilization = writing, social hierarchy, government, defense, trade.

  9. First Civilizations Mesopotamian Civilization Begins near Tigris & Euphrates Rivers Minoan Civilization Flourishes in Crete First Greek city-states emerge Indus River Valley Civilizations Begin Sumerian Civilization Begins Start of Egypt’s Recorded History Xia Dynasty emerges in China Greece falls to Alexander the Great c. 330 BCE 4000 BCE 3200 4500 BCE 2500 BCE 2000 BCE 1500 BCE 1000 BCE 500 BCE 3000 BCE 3500 BCE 5000 BCE

  10. European History Highlights Constantine moves capital to Byzantium (East) Charlemagne declares himself Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire EuropeanCrusades against Muslims In Middle East Start of the PaxRomana – Roman Peace Western Roman Empire Falls Fall of Constantinople: End of Eastern Roman Empire Norman Invasion of England: Battle of Hastings Muslim Empire Expands Roman Empire Divided E/W Birth of Jesus Birth of Muhammad 350 700 875 1050 1225 125 Late 200s 570 800 1453 1 CE approx. 324 c. 630 1066 1500 27 BCE 476 1095 - 1272

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