1. What are the
landmarks of
humankinds
first
civilizations
and how has
these
landmarks
shaped our
present day
lives?
2. Intro
Today I will talk about three landmarks I
believe had a huge impact on our present day
lives. These three landmarks include…
1. Paleolithic art
2. The Stone Hedge
3. The Great Pyramids
4. What was on the cave walls?
The cave walls consist
of mostly animals.
They contain
mysterious markings
and lifelike images of
animals such as bears,
byson, elk, lions, and
zebras, among others,
like birds, fish, and sea
creatures.(Fiero3)
5. Why was this important?
Cave art was generally
considered to have a symbolic or
religious function, sometimes
both. The exact meanings of the
images remain unknown but
some people believe that they
may have been created within
the framework of shamanic
beliefs and practice
(Moro274).This is showing
religion was always very
important even 40,000 years
ago.
6. Stonehedge
This in my opinion is one of the biggest unknown
physical landmark. Located in Salisbury Plain, Wilshire,
England, ca.
20-foot megaliths, some weighting 25 ton each, were
dragged from a quarry some 20 miles away, then
shaped and assembled without metal tools to form a
huge outer circle and an inner horse shoe of post and
lintel stones.(Fiero5)
7. Why is it important?
From what scientist can tell, Salisbury Plain was
considered to be a sacred area long before
Stonehenge itself was constructed.
The Stonehenge appears to be aligned on the
sunrise and sunset on the mid-summer solstice.
Some believe that it played a role in the unification of
Britain when people across the island worked
together and used similar ways of living . So in a way
this large mass of places Rocks brought people from
all over the land and made them unite.
9. The Great Pyramids
The great Pyramids were
built between 2589 and
2504 BC
This is the oldest and the
largest of the three
pyramids in the Giza
Necropolis bordering. what
is now El Giza, Egypt. The
ruler at the time was Khufu
which is now buried inside
these walls with his wife.
10. Pyramids continued…
The Great Pyramids are located on a plateau on
the west bank of the Nile River, on the outskirts
of modern-day Cairo. It is 480 feet and covering
a base area of 13 acres.(Fiero2)
The four faces of the pyramid are slightly
concave, the only pyramid to have been built
this way.
11. Why was this important?
The center of the four sides
are indented with a
extraordinary degree of
precision forming the only 8
sided pyramid, this effect is
not visable from the ground
or from a distance but only
from the air and then only
under proper lighting
conditions. This
phenomenon is only
detectable from the air at
dawn and sunset on the
spring and autumn
equinoxes, when the sun
cast shadows on the
pyramid. This showed that
even Ancient Egyptians kept
up with the earths changes.
12. Work cited page
Fiero, Gloria K. "Chapter 1." Landmarks in
Humanities. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher
Education, 2009. 1-27. Print.
Moro Abadía, Oscar, and Manuel González
Morales. "Paleolithic Art: A Cultural History."
Journal of Archaeological Research 21.3 (2013):
269. AP Source. Web. 7 Dec. 2015.
Editor's Notes
The tools shown here shows how advanced even then humans where to know to make tools strong enough to write on stone and harsh surfaces. These tools include cleavers, chisels, spears, harpoons, hand-axes, and a wide variety of choppers.(Fiero2) People even in this “Stone age”.
