Uni t Let ' s get star ted LEARNING SITUATION Bui ld your understanding ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE BE A HISTORIAN Introduction to History 158 The historical method: reconstructing the past to understand the present Relate years and centuries 8 Prehistory: the origin of humanity 160 Has innovation always been a force of development? 1. What is Prehistory? 2. What was life like in the Palaeolithic Age? 3. Was the Neolithic Age a revolution? 4. What changes happened in the Metal Ages? 5. When did people first create art? 6. The Spanish territory in Prehistory Analyse the Neolithic agriculture map Analyse the evolution of objects through Prehistory Compare Prehistoric paintings 9 The birth of writing. Early civilisations 186 Why was reading and writing so important in the ancient world? 1. River valley civilisations 2. The history of Mesopotamia 3. What was life like in Mesopotamia? 4. The history of Ancient Egypt 5. The pharaoh's government 6. Egyptian people and ways of life 7. Egyptian divinities and temples 8. Life after death 9. Art related to religion. Egyptian sculpture and painting Analyse Mesopotamian civilisation through its art Interpret the pharaoh's power Make and compare social pyramids Analyse and interpret Egyptian paintings 10 Ancient Greek civilisation. The origin of democracy 218 What was life like for Greek women? 1. The origins of Greek civilisation 2. The Archaic period. The first polis 3. The Classical period. Athenian democracy 4. The Classical period. The Spartan oligarchy 5. The Hellenistic period. The empire of Alexander the Great 6. Greek society and economy 7. Beliefs in Ancient Greece 8. Greek sculpture and pottery 9. Greek knowledge Analyse Greek colonial expansion with a map Compare Athenian education and modern-day education Analyse daily life through pottery Compare Greek theatre with modern-day theatre 11 Roman civilisation. A great empire 248 Was the Roman world mainly urban? 1. The origins of Rome 2. From the Monarchy to the Republic 3. Expansion and crisis in the Republic 4. The Empire and Pax Romana 5. Economic activities and transformation of the environment 6. A passion for urban planning 7. Roman sculpture, painting and mosaics 8. Roman beliefs: from polytheism to Christianity Interpret a historical reconstruction: thermae Investigate everyday life through art Identify a Christian burial in a Roman necropolis 12 Pre-Roman and Roman Hispania. A cultural mosiac 276 Why are some cultures given more visibility than others? 1. Pre-Roman peoples: the Iberians 2. Pre-Roman peoples: the Celts 3. The colonisers: Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians 4. The Roman conquest of Hispania 5. Society and economy in Hispania 6. Hispania, a Romanised province 7. From Roman Hispania to the Visigothic kingdom Interpret an archaeological site: castro de Baroña Analyse the changes to a territory through maps Geography and History glossary History contents
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