• the first writing systems was
invented-Mesopotamia
TOPICS:
❑ Human Pre-history
❑ Ancient Age Early Civilizations
❑ Middle Age 1. Mesopotamia (country
❑ In the Modern Ages between two rivers)
❑ In the Philippines Mesos means middle;
potamos means rivers
Define the following: Sumerian (now Iraq)-
• Civilization- a large group of Cuneiform
people living together in an Uruk City-first true city in
organized way, with rules, the world; role in religion
cities, and shared culture. and science
• Hellenized- the adaptation Akkadian Empire-first
of Greek culture, religion, multinational political
language, and identity by non- entity built by Sargon
Greeks. the Great
• Dynasty- series of rulers The City of Babylon-
from the same family who minor city state in
govern a country or region over central Mesopotamia;
a long period of time. centralized bureaucracy
• Revolution- a significant with taxation
change or overthrow of a 2. Ancient Egypt-most
government or system, and fascinating civilizations;
often achieved through force or extraordinary
mass movement. command of
• Antigue- refers to something science and
very old, often an object like technology
furniture, art, or jewelry, that 3. Ancient
has historical or collectible Greece-finest in antiquity from
value. Egyptians and Babylonians;
conquered by Roman Empire
In The World 4. Ancient Rome-founded by
two brothers,
Ancient Age and demigods,
• People are Romulus and
more civilized
Remus; very Greek influenced • radical changes in ideas
or “Hellenized” about religion, politics, and
Code of Hammurabi- science
important achievement • Copernican Revolution-
echoed written laws of Nicolaus
Sumer, Akkad, and Copernicus presented that the
Assyria. Earth is a planet with its own
axis and orbits the Sun
Middle Ages • Industrial Revolution
• Also known as Medieval • tremendous amount of
Times characterized by wars, economic growth
instability and fragmented • emergence of middle class
power structures and life expectancy increased
• covers the • cities grew as factories
first five created new jobs whereas
centuries of mechanization replaced
the Dark farmhands in the countryside
Ages which • gap between the poor and
refers to the the rich i.e. between the
collapse of the working class and the
Western Roman Empire industrial class
• Beginning of the colonial
expansion of western Europe •
• Christian church continued to
dominate
• Tribe came to western Europe
brought superior technologies
19th Century and Beyond
Modern Ages • immense success of
• Invention of steam engine technologies has been
• Renaissance Period unstoppable
(rebirth) • future has become more
• a renewed interest in sophisticated and dangerous
classical antiquity • humankind became very
• a rise in aggressive with technology
humanist
philosophy (a
belief in self,
human worth, and
individual dignity)
while other civilizations China, Borneo and Malacca and
became so greedy parts of the Malay Peninsula
• Information Age
• also known as Computer
Age,
Digital Age, or New Media Age
• control of information by
people
became unstoppable
• Internet became vital
• emergence of Artificial •
Intelligence Spanish Colonial Era-brought
• machines with AI Christianity and education, and
trading (Galleon Trading)
• American Period-improved
formal education and backbone
science and technology;
exporter of agricultural crops
and raw materials and an
replacing humans importer of American
manufactured goods
• Commonwealth Period-
favored a transition to political
independence from the United
States
• Philippine Independence-
In The Philippines sovereign country
Precolonial
• homo sapiens mainland
Asia live in Palawan and
Batangas
• formed settlements in
Sulu, Mindanao, Negros, Samar
and Luzon
• survived in the wilderness
with limited tools
• learned to make metal
tools in Iron Age
• practiced trading with
neighboring civilizations like