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History and Literature Milestones: Writing Systems, Laws, and Sacred Texts

Explore cave art in Paleolithic Age, hieroglyphics in Ancient Egypt, Hammurabi's Code in Mesopotamia, Ten Commandments of Hebrews, Torah in Ancient China, Oracle Bones, Greek poetry, Roman laws, Quran in Arabic, and more influential historical and literary works. Witness the evolution of writing systems, laws, and sacred texts across civilizations.

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History and Literature Milestones: Writing Systems, Laws, and Sacred Texts

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  1. World History 1 SOL Review • Literature & Laws • Writing Systems

  2. Paleolithic Age people did this in their caves….

  3. Cave Art

  4. In Ancient Egypt…..

  5. Hieroglyphics Ancient Egypt pictograms

  6. Mesopotamia

  7. Cuneiform Early Sumerian writing (Mesopotamia) - Clay tablets

  8. Law code

  9. Hammurabi’s Code 1st written code of law King of Babylonian Empire “eye for an eye” Not equal to all - Rich vs. poor

  10. Hebrews

  11. 10 Commandments -Moses receives for Hebrews -rules for ethical behavior -also used by Christians and Muslims

  12. The Hebrew holy book is the……

  13. Torah Torah

  14. Ancient China

  15. Chinese Calligraphy 1st used by Shang priests on • ORACLE BONES

  16. Indus Valley writing (images on stone & clay) has not been Deciphered

  17. Phoenicians were the 1st people of the ancient world (Fertile Crescent) to develop an…

  18. phoenetic Alphabet

  19. Greek poet who wrotethe ILIAD&_ODYSSEY About the TROJAN Wars was….

  20. Homer

  21. The Greeks also started this form of art which included Tragedies and Comedies…

  22. DRAMA

  23. The Romans 1st Code of Law was called the…

  24. Twelve Tables

  25. The Roman Poet Virgil also wrote Stories of the Trojan War called the ….

  26. Aeneid

  27. TheByzantine Emperor Justinian Re-codified old Roman Laws…they are called…

  28. Justinian’s Code

  29. Byzantine’s influence resulted in a new language for the Slav’s/Russian’s called (clue...St. Cyril)

  30. Cyrillic Alphabet

  31. What written Language is this?

  32. Arabic Calligraphy What Holy Book is written in Arabic?

  33. Quran (Koran) Considered by Muslims to be the word of GOD

  34. Hindu sacred writings are the… • Vedas ( Aryans introduce w/ Caste system) • Upanishads

  35. Which civilization greatly influenced Japan? • What or How did it influence?

  36. China • Writing also Archictecture and Buddhism

  37. Acheivements of the Mayan, Aztecs and Incas included… • Calendars • Mathematics and

  38. Writing Systems

  39. In 1215 King John of England was forced to signed the (clue-great charter)….

  40. Magna Carta

  41. During the Middle Ages in Europe Church Scholars were among the few who could read and write. They translated Greek and Arabic script into Latin.

  42. Machiavelli wrote… _____________ *about how to rule…Absolute power *”ends justifies the means” *do good if possible, but do evil if necessary_

  43. The Prince

  44. Famous Humanist scholar and sonnet writer was… Petrach

  45. The invention of the Printing Press made the production and sale of books as well as the spread of ideas much easier.

  46. What was the first book made with the printing press?

  47. The Gutenburg Bible

  48. Two ImportantNorthern Renaissance writers were… • Erasmus - The Praise of Folly • Sir Thomas More - Utopia

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