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World History 1
SOL Review
•Literature & Laws
•Writing Systems
•Paleolithic Age
people did this in
their caves….
Cave Art
In Ancient Egypt…..
•Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egypt
pictograms
Mesopotamia
•Cuneiform
Early Sumerian writing
(Mesopotamia)
- Clay tablets
Law code
•Hammurabi’s
Code
1st written code of law
King of Babylonian Empire
“eye for an eye”
Not equal to all - Rich vs. poor
Hebrews
•10 Commandments
-Moses receives for Hebrews
-rules for ethical behavior
-also used by Christians and
Muslims
•The Hebrew holy book
is the……
Torah
Torah
Ancient China
Chinese Calligraphy
1st used by Shang priests on
•ORACLE
BONES
•Indus Valley
writing (images on
stone & clay) has not
been
Deciphered
• Phoenicians were the
st
1 people of the ancient
world (Fertile Crescent)
to develop an…
• phoenetic
Alphabet
Greek poet who wrote the
ILIAD&_ODYSSEY
About the TROJAN Wars was….
Homer
The
Greeks also started
this form of art which
included Tragedies
and Comedies…
DRAMA
The Romans
st
1 Code of Law
was called the…
Twelve Tables
The Roman Poet
Virgil also wrote
Stories of the Trojan
War called the ….
Aeneid
The
Byzantine Emperor
Justinian Re-codified
old Roman Laws…they
are called…
Justinian’s
Code
Byzantine’s influence
resulted in a new
language for the
Slav’s/Russian’s
called (clue...St. Cyril)
Cyrillic Alphabet
What written Language is this?
Arabic
Calligraphy
What Holy Book is
written in Arabic?
Quran (Koran)
Considered by
Muslims
to be the
word of GOD
Hindu sacred writings
are the…
• Vedas ( Aryans introduce w/ Caste
system)
• Upanishads
• Which civilization greatly
influenced Japan?
• What or How did it
influence?
•China
•Writing
also Archictecture
and Buddhism
Acheivements of the
Mayan, Aztecs and
Incas included…
• Calendars
• Mathematics
and
•Writing Systems
•In 1215 King John of
England was forced to
signed the (clue-great
charter)….
•Magna Carta
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.
Machiavelli wrote…
_____________
*about how to rule…Absolute power
*”ends justifies the means”
*do good if possible,
but do evil if necessary_
•The Prince
Famous Humanist
scholar and sonnet
writer was…
Petrach
The invention of the
Printing Press made
the production and
sale of books as well
as the spread of ideas
much easier.
What was the first book
made with the printing
press?
The Gutenburg
Bible
Two ImportantNorthern
Renaissance writers were…
• Erasmus - The Praise of Folly
• Sir Thomas More - Utopia