For Educational Purposes

1. INTELLECTUAL REVOULUTION
THAT DEFINE SOCIETY:
(INFORMATION REVOLUTION
AND MESOAMERICAN
CIVILIZATION)
Presented By:
Christine Paula R. Hernandez

2. INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
By Christine Paula R. Hernandez

3. INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
By Christine Paula R. Hernandez

4. •The Information Revolution
refers to a period of
progressive computer
development which greatly
increased the spread and
accessibility of information.

5. How has it
evolved
over the
years?

7. The information revolution started from
the Sumerian pictographs

8. Printing Press
• prior to the invention
of printing press in
1439
scrolls and book were
essentially the single
form
of recording textual
information

9. Electric Telegraph
• Electric Telegraph in
1844.
provide sending of
messages without
many restrictions on
the delivery process.

10. Telephone
• in 1876, the ground breaking invention of the
telephone changed the way people
communicated by allowing wholly interactive,
personal conversation.

11. Radio and
Television
• the Radio was invented at the beginning of 20th
century, followed by the invention of television in 1927.
• both of these devices continue to be a prominent
method of delivering information to the public and as
means of entertainment.

12. COMPUTER
1940, the
invention of
computer.

13. Internet
• On August 6
1991, the
internet
became publicly
available.

14. MESO-AMERICAN
CIVILIZATION
By Christine Paula R. Hernandez

16. OLMEC
CIVILIZATION

17. •The Olmec empire was the
first Mesoamerican
civilization.
•they started in Southern
Mexico around the year 1200
BC.

18. Olmec Head
•the most
recognizable
Olmec
sculpture are
the giant
head stones.

19. • Jaguar worship
was shown in
sculptures and
olmec art, which
depict half-human
and half-jaguar
creature.

20. Decline of the Olmec
• there is no real truth to the collapse of
Olmec civilization, although there are some
speculations:
1. invaders may have caused the
destruction.
2. the Olmec themselves may have destroy
their own monuments upon the death of
their rulers.

21. Mayan Civilization

22. • The Mayan
Civilization was
located in the
Yucatan
Peninsula.
• Maya Civilization
lasted for approx.
2000 years.

23. The El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza is situated
at the location of the Sun during the spring and fall
equinoxes.

24. The Maya hieroglypich writing
• One of the most visually striking writing systems
of the world.

25. Math
•Use dot
and lines
to
represents
numbers.

26. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
• King
• Government
workers,
artisans,
Merchants
• farmers and
slaves

27. Religion
•Polytheistic
•Use human sacrifices
•Ruler were seen as half-human
and half-Gods
•worshiped in stone and pyramid
temples.

28. Decline of the Mayan
Civilization
• About 900 A.D the Mayas abandoned their cities,
living their Great stone Palaces and temples to be
swallowed up by the jungle.

29. AZTEC
CIVILIZATION

30. •The Aztecs were fierce warriors
•The Aztec empire became very
wealthy from collecting taxes
•By the 1500’s the Aztec Empire
covered most of Mexico and
included approximately 30 million
people.

31. Social Structures of the Aztec
• Aztecs were rule by a single
emperor
• Nobility
• Warriors
• Traders
• Farmers
• Slaves

32. Aztec Religion
•Priests were highly respected
individuals
•Chief God was the Sun God
•human sacrifices

33. INCA
CIVILIZATION

34. •Largest empire in pre-
Columbian America, and
possibly the largest empire
in the world in the early 16th
century.

35. GEOGRAPHY
•North to South
were the
Andes
Mountains-
Home of the
Inca
Civilization.

36. GEOGRAPHY
•On one side
of the
Andes was
the
Amazon
Jungle.

37. RELIGION
•Polytheistic
•Viracocha was
the creator of the
Sun, the moon
and the stars.

38. CONTRIBUTIONS
•CALENDAR
• the Incan Calendar
was divided into
twelve months
each month was
divided into 3
weeks; each week
had 10 days.

39. CONTRIBUTIONS
•MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
•They invented
many wind and
percussion
instruments