JW MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL WORLD HISTORY CLASS WEBSITE
and picture database------Dave Tamm 2004-2005
THE ARTS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF HISTORY
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Absolutism and Enlightenment 1648-1776 feb |
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The Age of Revolution 1776-1815 feb / mar |
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The Early 19th Century: Industry 1815-1848 mar |
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The Later 19th Century: Nat./Imp. 1848-1914 mar / apr |
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World War I and Versailles 1914-1918 apr |
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The Interwar Period 1918-1939 apr / may |
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The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 nov / dec |
World War II 1939-1945 may |
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The Later Middle Ages 1000-1500 dec |
The Post-War World 1945-1991 may |
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The Renaissance and Reformation 1300-1648 jan |
Reflections on Modern Times 1991-2004 may |
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The Age of Exploration and Science 1492-1700 jan / feb |
The Future 2005-3005 may |
Or, See the Schedule in More Detail
UNIT I: PREHISTORIC (to 3500 bc)
humankind before the invention of civilization: August '04
Click on each blue word for movement to that page
I. LITERATURE
None- Writing was not yet invented. When it is invented, "History" begins
II. MUSIC
Lost to History- if any. People listened to the sounds of nature and that's about it
Cave Art: Animals to be hunted were depicted, Positive and Negative handprinting inside caves
Sculpture: 'Venus' fertility icons
IV. ARCHITECTURE
Walls and bastion of Jericho in Israel
Fortifications of Catal Huyuk in Turkey
V. MOVIES
Click here to see a list of famous movies that deal with prehistoric times, rent one for tonight!
VI. VOCAB LIST
ANNO DOMINI AND COMMON ERA 'Year of the Lord' - how we tell time: 'AD' and 'CE'
CONSCIOUSNESS unique attribute of the cerebrum
CEREBRUM the human brain- consciousness, analysis, intuition
CEREBELLUM the mammal brain- primitive emotion
MEDULLA the reptile brain- base functions, aggressiveness
AUSTRALOPITHECINES ape man earliest hominids, ancestor of humans
HOMO HABILIS (HANDY MAN) tool fashioning, bigger brained hominids
HOMO ERECTUS (UPRIGHT MAN) upright standing, bigger brained hominids
NEANDERTHAL larger, hairy hominid cousins to sapiens, extinct
HOMO SAPIENS (WISE MAN) modern humans, giant brain
CREATIONISM Biblical story of creation
EVOLUTION Darwinian scientific story of creation and continuation
NATURAL SELECTION engine of evolution- survival of the fittest
MUTATION small genetic changes that cause new life
LASCEAUX France, most famous cave paintings, 'Hall of the Bulls'
ALTAMIRA Spain, another famous scene of cave paintings
VENUS OF WILLENDORF famous early fertility symbol- everyone's favorite
ARTIFICAL SELECTION manmade changes over time
PALEOLITHIC ERA old stone age
NEOLITHIC ERA new stone age 10,000 bc 3500 bc
HISTORY literally, 'his' story- begins when we learn how to write
LUCY (30,000th BC) Australopithecine "missing link"- earliest Hominid type
JAVA MAN skeleton found of homo-erectus man in southeast asia
NEANDERTHAL MAN skeleton found in Germany- reason we call them "Neanderthals"
CRO-MAGNON MAN term used to describe early homo-sapiens (cavemen); skeleton found
ICE MAN Homo Sapiens (stone age) skeleton found in the Alps of Europe
KENNEWICK MAN Newly famous 9.000 year old skeleton found in Washington state
CHARLES DARWIN (19th AD) Formulated the Theory of Evolution in 'The Origin of Species'
Good student or studentka-- Now go back to real life
UNIT II: FIRST CIVILIZATIONS (3500-1500 BC)
Ancient Mesoptamia and Ancient Egypt: August-September '04
I. LITERATURE
Features the first Epic Poem and Egyptian religious texts
II. MUSIC
Ritual temple music (with rattles and hand drum beats)
Festival music (with anything from flutes to lutes, harp and hand drum- click to hear it)
The Ur Standard 27th Century bc
Sarcophogus of Tutankhamun 14th Century bc
Tomb frescoes various
Various pottery and carved figurines various
The Rosetta Stone
The Step Pyramid at Saqqara 2600ıs bc
The Great Pyramids at Giza 2500ıs bc
The Great Sphinx at Giza 2500ıs bc
The Ziggurat Temple at Ur 2100ıs bc
The Valley of the Kings at Luxor 1550-1100 bc
The Colossi of Memnon at Thebes 1300ıs bc
The Ramesseum at Thebes 1200ıs bc
V. MOVIES
Click above for a list of all movies made about these ancient times
VI. VOCAB LIST
JERICHO worldıs oldest city, Levant, c. 10,000 bc
CATAL HUYUK another old city, Anatolia
NOMADS people who are not settled, they move around after food
CIVILIZATION complex patterns of living, promotion of life
TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS anchors of Mesopotamia, cradle of civilization
CITY-STATE early form of organization in Sumer, each city is its own country
TELL mound in the oldest world, layers of civilizations
ZIGGURAT Sumerian temple and city center
HIERARCHY class structure in society, usually pyramid shaped
POLYTHEISM belief and worship of many gods
CUNEIFORM Sumerian wedge shaped writing, 1st kind of writing
ENLIL Sumerian god of the air
ENKI Sumerian high god
ROSETTA STONE key to hieroglyphics, written in 3 languages
NILE RIVER great river valley containing Egyptian civ.
HIEROGLYPHICS Egyptian picture writing
MUMMIFICATION Process of embalming and preserving important people after death
OLD KINGDOM age of pyramid building, epressiveness
MIDDLE KINGDOM age of introspectiveness and underground tombs
NEW KINGDOM Egyptian empire arising after ousting of Hyskos
PHARAOH the king of Egypt, also considered a god
GREAT SPHINX old kingdom monument of Khafre, 1/2 lion / human
GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA three gigantic monument tombs to early pharohs
VALLEY OF THE KINGS middle/new kingdom tomb area of upper Egypt
MA'AT the Balance of Life of Ancient Egypt
RA Egyptian sun and creator god
OSIRIS a god, pharaoh in afterlife, preserver of stability (maıat)
ISIS goddess, wife of osiris
HORUS a god, pharaoh while on earth, preserver of stability
JUDGEMENT OF THE DEAD the practice of telling the gods what you were like; weighing of your heart
VII. FAMOUS PEOPLE LIST (real people)
---Important Note: Click to find a super list of all the famous people up through where we are in class!- look for the YELLOW ones---
IX. FIRST CIVILIZATIONS PRACTICE TEST
Good student or studentka-- Now go back to real life
UNIT III: THE AGE OF EMPIRES (1500-500 BC)
A thousand years of conflict and order in the Biblical Near East: September '04
I. LITERATURE
The Old Testament of the Holy Bible Levant 17th-5th Century
II. MUSIC
Ritual temple music (with rattles and hand drum beats)
Festival music (with anything from flutes to lutes, harp and hand drum)
The Lion Hunting Friezes at Nineveh 9th
The Winged Bulls of Khorsabad 8th
Various pottery and carved figurines
The Tower of Babel at Babylon 1700ıs bc
The Temple of Solomon at Jerusalem 900ıs bc
The Assyrian Imperial Palace at Nineveh 800ıs bc
The Palace of Sargon II (Khorsabad-Winged Bulls) 700ıs bc
The Ishtar Gate at Babylon 600ıs bc
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600ıs bc
The Royal Road of Persia 500ıs bc
The Persian Palaces at Susa and Persepolis 400ıs bc
The Rock tomb of Darius I in Persia 400ıs bc
The Rock of Behistun in Persia 400ıs bc
V. MOVIES
click above for a list of all the movies made about these ancient times
VI. VOCAB LIST
EMPIRE A political entity that seeks to expand
AKKADIAN EMPIRE first unifiers of Mesopotamia under Sargon
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE second empire of Mesopotamia, law giving
HITTITE EMPIRE empire of Anatolia, bringers of chariots and bows
NEW KINGDOM OF EGYPT empire of the later pharaohs, expansionist policy
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE ruthless later empire of mesopotamia
NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRE brief but splendorous hold over mesopotamia
PERSIAN EMPIRE conquerors of Babylon, big empire, fought greeks
ROYAL ROAD built by Persian Empire from modern Turkey to Iran for taxation
CITADEL military fortification
CODE OF HAMMURABI law code given in Babylon
NINEVEH ornamental capital of Assyria
CHARIOT weapon of war
COMPOSITE BOW weapon of war
WINGED BULLS decorations of Assyrian art
THE TOWER OF BABEL the ziggurat of Babylon, famoud from the Biblical account
HANGING GARDENS wonderful gardens, dedicated to Neb. love
BIBLICAL CREATION story of genesis in the old testament
GARDEN OF EDEN part of genesis, garden of adam and eve, fall of man
GREAT FLOOD part of genesis, noah was spared, world wad not
EXODUS biblical departure from Israel to promised land
TEN COMMANDMENTS tablets given to Moses on Mt. Sinai
TEMPLE OF SOLOMON temple built in Jerusalem for the Ark
ARK OF THE COVANENT casket of gold containing 10 Commandments, AWOL
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY 40 years of Israeli internment in Babylon
PHOENICIANS seafaring peoples from Levant, brought alphabet
ALPHABET consonants and vowels that have same sounds
ARAMEANS landed nomadic merchant tribe, language adopted
LYDIANS rich kingdom in Anatolia based at Sardis
COINS of SILVER AND GOLD first minted by the Lydians
VII. FAMOUS PEOPLE LIST
(click for a list of all the famous people from the Age of Empires- look for the ORANGE ones)
VIII. SIGNIFICANT BATTLES
IX: PRACTICE TEST FOR AGE OF EMPIRES
Good student or studentka-- Now go back to real life
UNIT IV: CLASSICAL GREECE (600-300 BC)
The Heroic, and the Golden Age, of Greece
click for a list of all the famous books written by Greek authors!
II. MUSIC
Scales, time, melody and harmony are Greek creations- forming the basis of all European music
Frescoes of Minos at Knossos 1400ıs bc
The Trojan Horse 1200's bc
Death Mask of Agamemnon 1100ıs bc
Vase: Chigi (hoplite warriors) 600ıs bc
Vase: Achilles kills Penthesileia 500ıs bc
Vase: Francois (siege of Troy with return by boat) 500ıs bc
Sculpture: Kouros and Koros 500ıs bc
Sculpture: Discus Thrower (Myron) 400ıs bc
Sculpture: Zeus of Cape Artemision 400ıs bc
Sculpture: Hermes of Olympia (Praxiteles) 300ıs bc
Sculpture: Apollo of Belvedere 300ıs bc
Sculpture: Venus de Milo 300ıs bc
Amulet: The Farnese Tazza 100ıs bc
Sculpture: Laocoon and his Sons 100ıs bc Sculpture:
The Nike of Samothrace 100ıs bc IV.
The Minoan Palace at Knossos 1400ıs bc (rebuilt later)
The Citadel at Mycenae 1300ıs bc
The City of Troy 1200's bc
The Temple of Apollo at Corinth 600ıs bc
The Theatre of Dionysus at Athens 400ıs bc
The Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion 400ıs bc
The Parthenon at Athens 400ıs bc
The Agora of Athens 400's bc
The Temple and Statue of Zeus at Olympia 400ıs bc
The Sacred Way and Temple of Apollo at Delphi 400ıs bc
The Theatre at Epidaurus 300ıs bc
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 300ıs bc
The Colossus of Rhodes 200ıs bc
The Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria 200ıs bc
V. MOVIES
Click here to see all of the movies made about the Classical Greeks
VI: VOCABULARY WORDS
MINOANS 1st European civilization, Greek seafaring culture of merchants
MYCENAEANS 1st Greek culture, on land, really a series of fortresses
TROY legendary city of Ionia, location of Trojan War btw/ Myc. and Troy
PHOENICIANS seafaring peoples from Levant, brought alphabet
ALPHABET consonants and vowels that have same sounds
ARAMEANS landed nomadic merchant tribe, language adopted
LYDIANS rich kingdom in Anatolia based at Sardis
COINS of SILVER AND GOLD first minted by the Lydians
THE TROJAN WAR historical event, later mythologized by Homer into the Illiad
THE ODYSSEY famous myth of the heroic age, adventures at sea
THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR slaying of the wretched beast by the hero, Aegean Sea gets its name
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS search for the golden fleece to black sea
THE GREEK PANTHEON basics about the gods, heroes and monsters
POLIS a greek city state (including in the sense of 'community')
ATHENS pioneer city state of democracy and innovation, capital of Greece
SPARTA military city state of Greece, fought with then against Athens
ACROPOLIS the high center of a Greek city-state, oldest part, best defense
PARTHENON The famed building at the center of Athens on the Acropolis
MONARCHY-1 government where one person 'mon-o' rules the city well
ARISTOCRACY-2 government where nobles rule the city and work for the good of all
REPUBLIC -3 government where representatives make decisions on behalf of the people
DEMOCRACY -4 government where the people vote for the course of action in the city
OLIGARCHY -5 government where nobles rule the city and work for the good of themselves
DICTATORSHIP -6 government when a dictator or 'tyrant' rules over all and is selfish
ABSOLUTE VALUES Socrates' idea that there is a real right and wrong, always, absolutely
PLATONIC FORMS Plato's idea that there is a perfect form for all things, and the best approach it
PLATONIC CAVE Plato's metaphor telling us that everyone has their own reality, you must see through it
GOLDEN MEAN Aristotle's model for showing us the best action to take in any circumstance
THE GOOD Socrates' idea that there is a good and a bad just as there is a right and wrong
MARATHON Famous battle in which Athens held off the 1st invasion of the Persian Empire
THERMOPOLYAE PASS Famous battle in which Sparta's 300 held back the Persians in the north
SALAMIS Famous naval encounter in which the Greek navy defeated the Persians
DRAMA Artistic form of theatre coming as a Tragedy or as a Comedy
POETRY coming as an Epic (Homer) or as Lyrical (Sappho), using rhymes to express
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE trying to understand the world physically, without referring to the gods
COSMOS concept that is the opposite of chaos, basically that the universe is knowable
HISTORY 'His-Story,' first written and studied by the Hebrews (Bible) and Greeks (Herodotus)
SEIGE OF ATHENS Main battle of the Peloponnesian War, Sparta destroys the great city and decline begins
HELLENISTIC After the conquest of Alexander, Hellenistic is the spreading of 'Hellenism' everywhere
SPECIAL SECTION: MYTHOLOGY: fantastic stories of the Greeks, featuring gods, beasts and heroes, click for more!
click above to get a list of all the famous Greeks- look for the PINK ones
IX: PRACTICE TEST: EARLY CLASSICAL GREECE
X: PRACTICE TEST: THE GOLDEN AGE AND DECLINE OF GREECE
Good student or studentka-- Now go back to real life
UNIT V: CLASSICAL ROME (300 BC- 500 AD)
Statue of Pompei the Great
The statue of Augustus at Rome 100's
Gemma Augusta 100's
Portrait of a Roman
Statue of Marcus Aurelius on Horse, Rome 100's
The Baker and his Wife of Pompeii
Mosaics of Pompeii
IV. MAJOR ARCHITECTURE AND MONUMENTS
Eutruscan Temple
The Pont du Gard at Nimes
The Pantheon at Rome
Hadrian's Wall, Northern England 100ıs
Hadrian's Villa outside Rome 100ıs
The Amphitheater at El Djem 200ıs bc
The Circus Maximus at Rome
The Forum of Rome
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius 100's
Arch of Titus, Rome 100's
The Arch of Septimus Severus at Rome 200ıs
The Appian Way of Italy 100's
The Column of Trajan at Rome 100ıs
The Colosseum at Rome 1st Century
The Baths of Caracalla 200ıs
Diocletian's Palace at Split 300's
Arch of Constantine, Rome 300's
The Catacombs of Rome 100's
The Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem 300's
The Church of the Crucifixion, Jerusalem 300's
The Church of Echmiadzin, Armenia 300's
The Basilica of Constantine, Rome 300's
The Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome 300's
The Basilica of St. Peter, Rome 300's
The Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milano 300's
The Basilica of Santa Constantia, Rome 300's
The Church of San Clemente, Rome 300's
The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome 400's
The Church of Holy Wisdom, Constantinople 500's
The Church of San Vitale, Ravenna 500's
The Baptistry of Poitiers 600's