2. World History Timeline 33,000 B.C to 8000 B.C Cro-Magnon Man 3200 B.C 3,700,00 B.C Australopithecus 8350 B.C Jericho built – 1 st walled town ? The Great Flood (Noah) Money Astronomy Medicine Trade Religion Law Egypt & Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent) India 2500 B.C China 1500 BC 300 BC AD 550 AD 589 2000 B.C Greece The Americas Africa Rome AD 146 AD 476 AD 30 Jesus is crucified AD 570 Muhammed is born Medieval Europe AD 1500 Islamic Empire AD 570 AD 1250 AD 1450 Gutenberg’s Printing Press AD 1517Luther’s Reformation AD 1619 Jamestown colonists in America AD 1643 Louis XIV builds Versailles in France AD 1215 Magna Carta is signed AD 1776 America Declares Independence United States of America AD 1789 French Revolution AD 1799 Napoleon rules France AD 1863 American Civil war AD 1914 WWI AD 1940 WWII AD 2001 9/11 AD 0

5. Age of the Enlightenment The Renaissance may have opened the door to reason but had neither the courage nor the power to oppose the medieval concept of faith instead of reason. The leaders of the Enlightenment had that courage and power - Descartes in mathematics, Mozart in music, Rembrandt in painting, and Locke and Rousseau in politics. Revolution was in the air

6. Age of Scientific Revolution Summary The Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment challenged and changed the way people thought about the world.

9. I think therefore I am! Rene Descartes Sums up Enlightenment philosophy PEOPLE MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN REASON TO UNDERSTAND LIFE AND THE NATURAL ORDER - AND EVERYTHING MUST BE JUDGED BY ASKING WHAT IS HUMANLY REASONABLE 1596-1650

17. Voltaire Though it might seem easy, today, to criticize such a passionate emphasis on reason, remember that Voltaire's society tortured people who went against the accepted norm. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY THAT PRICE TO CHANGE SOCIETY IN WAYS YOU DEEM NECESSARY?

19. Voltaire’s “Wisdom” I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

21. Hobbes

29. Rousseau 1700s His argument: A government is a contract between the rulers and the people…. and if one party breaks their duty in the contract…..then the other party has a right to change it.

30. Rousseau 1700s Conclusion individual freedom only secure if there was a "general will" - - this way people would have peer pressure to do the right thing and treat everyone equal

35. Montesquieu Another profoundly important philosopher enters the picture… He believes to avoid abuse of gov’t power then the gov’t should be divided among three branches…

46. The American “ Philosophers ” John Adams (1745-1826) Ben Franklin (1706-1790) Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) … ...…life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…………...

49. Age of Scientific Revolution Summary The Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment challenged and changed the way people thought about the world.