ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
For what is the worth of human life,
unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
For what is the worth of human life,
unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
Class Objectives
Ancient World History is a one trimester long survey course beginning with prehistory and concluding around 1500 C.E. Utah Core Curriculum Course Description The study of World Civilizations emphasizes the increasing interrelationships over time of the world’s peoples. These interrelationships have developed in two major arenas. First, the relationships have developed among major regions of the world: East Asia, South Asia, Southwest Asia (Middle East), Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America. Second, they have developed within all aspects of human activity: political, economic, social, philosophical and religious, scientific and technological, and artistic. This course is designed as a semester course but recommended for a year’s study. |
Tentative Course Outline
**Subject to Change** Unit 1: Early Humans & Mesopotamia Unit 2: Egypt & Other Middle Eastern Groups Unit 3: India & China Unit 4: Greece and Persia Unit 5: Rome Unit 6: Middle Ages of Europe |
Ancient World History covers Standards #1-3 and Modern World History covers Standards #3-5
Standard 1: Students will gain an understanding of early civilizations and their contributions to the foundations of human culture.
Standard 1: Students will gain an understanding of early civilizations and their contributions to the foundations of human culture.
- Objective 1: Speculate about the factors that led to civilized society.
- Objective 2: Assess the impact of geography on the locations of early civilizations.
- Objective 3: Examine the major characteristics of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and the Yellow River.
- Objective 1: Investigate the purpose and influence of religions and philosophies on classical civilizations of Greece, Rome, China, and India.
- Objective 2: Analyze the development of classical political systems.
- Objective 3: Investigate the importance of the expansion of trade.
- Objective 4: Evaluate the significance of classical sculpture, architecture, and performing arts.
- Objective 5: Analyze the social organization of classical cultures.
- Objective 1: Appraise the major characteristics of interregional contact that linked the people of Africa, Asia and Europe.
- Objective 2: Assess the influence of advancing technologies on the development of societies.
- Objective 3: Compare and contrast the founding and organization of Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires to northern European trading empires.
- Objective 4: Investigate the rise and development of the modern European political system.
- Objective 1: Assess the importance of intellectual and cultural change on early modern society.
- Objective 2: Investigate the role of revolution in the establishment of governmental systems.
- Objective 3: Analyze the economic transformation of production and distribution of goods in Europe.
- Objective 4: Evaluate the impact of Western imperialism in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
- Objective 1: Analyze the political and economic global issues in the first half of the 20th century.
- Objective 2: Investigate the impact of the Cold War on integration.
- Objective 3: Investigate the creation of international organizations and global integration.
- Objective 4: Evaluate the impact of terrorism on the world’s political, economic, and social systems.