Prehistory and Ancient History. 5th grade of Primary Education

1. Project 1
Experts groups

2. PREHISTORY. Before the invention of writing
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
• Hunter-gatherers
• There were
nomadic, they lived
in caves and moved
to a new cave from
time to time
METAL AGES
• People invented
agricultura and
farming
• There were sedentary,
they lived in huts
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Copper
age
Bronze
age
Iron
age
S T O N E A G E

3. HISTORY. After the invention of writing
ANCIENT HISTORY: FIRST COLONIZATIONS ANCIENT HISTORY: ROMAN EMPIRE ANCIENT HISTORY: FALL OF THE EMPIRE
1) Phoenicians
• They founded Málaga and Cádiz
• They were excellent navigators
• They came from East Europe
2) Greeks
• They had a currency (coins) to trade
• They were excellent sculptors
• They founded Rosas and Ampurias
3) Carthaginians
• They founded Ibiza and Cartago-Nova
(Cartagena)
• Romans landed in Spain in 218
BC.
• They called the land Hispania,
which is the former name for
España.
The legacy they left us:
• Roman laws
• Bridges, walls, aqueducts, roads,
amphiteatres,…
• They brought LATIN, the language
in which Spanish is based.
• They introduces Christianity.
• Important cities: Mérida,
Segovia, Tarragona, Zaragoza
• The Empire fell because
Spain was invaded by some
barbarian tribes:
Suevi, Visigoths and Vandals.
• They came from the centre
of Europe (now Germany
and surroundings)

4. ROMAN LEGACY
Gold mining – Las Médulas (León) Aqueduct– Segovia
Theatre–Mérida Amphitheatre– Tarragona