2. Index.
1. New words
2. Definitions of History and
Prehistory .
3. Historic timeline.
4. Palaeolithic and Neolithic.
5. Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt and
Greece
6. Ancient Rome.
Unit 5a: History (Part 1) .
3. 1. New words.
Timeline-cronología- línea del tiempo.
Ancient world- Edad Antigua
Middle ages- Edad Media
Modern Era- Edad Moderna
Contemporary Era- Edad contemporánea.
Nomads- nómadas.
Sedentary- sedentarios
Megaliths-megalíticos
Laws- leyes
Democracy- democracia
Visigoths- Visigodos
Muslims- árabes, musulmanes.
Mosque-mezquita
Kingdom-reino
Ages- Edades-etapas
Began- comenzó
Ended-acabó
4. History (from Greek
ἱστορία, historia) is the
study of the past,
specifically how it relates
to humans.
The branch of knowledge
that records and analyzes
past events.
5. History is the study of important past
events.These events are studied by
historians, using historical sources.
A source is something that offers
information about the past.
There are different types:
◦ Written- magazines, documents, books.
◦ Graphic- Photographs, paintings…
◦ Material- Tools, weapons….
15. They lived in
small groups of
20 or 30 people.
They lived in
caves or made
simple shelters
with branches
and animal
skins.
16. They made fire,simple
tools with stones, bones
and wood and dressed in
animal skins.
They drew pictures on the
walls of caves
17. They ate with the
hands. They hunted
with the spears that
they formed with
wood and rocks
18. The Iberian Peninsula
was already inhabited
during the palaeolithic
Period. Archaeoligists
have found many
prehistory artefacts,
such as stone axes and
arrowhead.Some of the
most important
discoveries from the
Palaeolithic Period are
cave paintings
20. Some of the most famous cave paintings in
the world are in the Altamira caves. In these
paintings, we can see huntings scenes with
lots of animals. The paintings are quite
realistic and they use various colours. They
often follow the natural contours of the cave
walls.
25. The Ancient world
began with the
invention of writing
in Mesopotamia and
Egypt around the
year 3000 BC.
26. Mesopotamia was
between the Tigris
and Euphrates
rivers in the Near
East. There were
important cities,
like Babylon, where
the first laws were
written.
27. The Ancient Greek
civilization lasted from
the 9th to the 3rd
centuries BC.
The Greeks were the
first people to have a
political system based
on democracy.
Culture was very
important and their
architecture, sculpture
and literature were
very advanced.
28. Egypt developed next to the River Nile and its
kings, called pharaons, built great
monuments like the pyramids . It was ruled
by powerful kinds called pharaohs.
29. The Egyptians
invented a type of
writing called
hieroglyphics. They
created magnificent
buildings, such as
the Pyramids.
30. The Romans conquered many territories between the
3rd century Bc and the 1st.
Their language was latin.
They governed according to the Roman law and built
great cities with temples, teathres, baths and roads
and aqueducts.
In the year 476 Germanic people invaded Rome.
This was the end of the Roman empire and the
Ancient World.
