Ancient civilizations first developed along major rivers like the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia over 5,500 years ago. They invented writing to help manage production, land, and taxes. Major early civilizations included Mesopotamia, where the Code of Hammurabi established a set of laws, and cities first appeared with structures like ziggurats. Greek civilization began around 3,000 years ago and was centered around prosperous city-states like Athens and Sparta. The Greeks were interested in philosophy, science and art, and invented democracy as a new form of government. The Roman Empire expanded from the city of Rome and dominated the Mediterranean world for centuries, building cities, monuments

1. ANCIENT HISTORY

2. ANCIENT HISTORY BEGAN WITH THE
INVENTION OF WRITING
THEY USED
PICTOGRAMS

3. Do you know why they invented
writing?
They needed to control the
production, the land, the taxes.
The first writing system was invented
in Mesopotamia about 5500 years
ago.

4. FIRST CIVILISATIONS
Describe the pictures… Do you
know what the first civilisations
were?

5. WICH ELEMENTS DO THE
PICTURES HAVE IN
COMMON?
.
In ancient times, major civilisations
developed along large rivers.

6. Do you know why the river was so
important?
• All the ancient civilisations developed next to
big rivers.
• Good farming conditions made it easy to feed
large numbers of people.
• It was easy for people to move from place to
place.

7. MESOPOTAMIA
They used writing to edit the law.
The Hammurabi Code consists of 282 laws
If anyone is committing a robbery
and is caught, then they shall be
put to death.
If a man destroys the eye of another
man, they shall destroy his eye. If one
break a man's bone, they shall break
his bone.
If a boy strucks his father they would
cut off the boy's hand or fingers .
If anyone is committing a robbery
and is caught, then they shall be
put to death.
If a man destroys the eye of another
man, they shall destroy his eye. If one
break a man's bone, they shall break
his bone.
If a boy strucks his father they would
cut off the boy's hand or fingers .

8. They used the wheel so transport
became better
They made canals so farming became better
First cities appeared: they had streets,
squares, public buildings, palaces and
temples.

9. Ziggurat was the place were Gods
lived.
Only priests could come in
They had several plants
They wanted to be near to the sky

10. THE FERTILE CRESCENT LISTENING

12. GREEK CIVILITATION BEGAN TO
DEVELOP ABOUT 3000 YEARS AGO
DESCRIBE THE PICTURE

13. THEY WERE FARMERS AND
ANIMAL HEADERS

14. THEY FOUNDED PROSPEROUS
CITIES (POLIS) LIKE ATHENS AND
SPARTA

15. SOCIETY

16. THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PHILOSOPHY,
SCIENCE AND ART
Men went to the Theatre for
entertainment To watch dramas
Women in ancient Greece were not
permitted to take part in public life.
It is thought that women were not
allowed to watch theatre or perform at
the theatre, although male actors did
play women roles

17. ANCIENT GREEKS INVENTED
DEMOCRACY AS A NEW FORM OF
GOVERMENT

18. The Olympic Games
• The Olympic Games began over 2,700
years ago in Olympia, in southwest
Greece. The Games were part of a
religious festival. The Greek Olympics,
thought to have begun in 776 BC,
inspired the modern Olympic Games
(begun in 1896) The Games were held
in honour of Zeus, king of the gods, and
were staged every four years at
Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis.
People from all over the Greek world
came to watch and take part.

19. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MthUbt6p1cg

21. GEOGRAPHY
Can you see some similarity with the Greek
and the Mesopotamian civilisation?
People say that a man called
Romulus killed his twin
brother Remus and built a city
called Rome

22. ROME
AN ANCIENT
THE ______OF • ROME WAS EMPIRE
CALLED
SPOKEN A ______ LATIN)
• THE ROMANS LANGUAGE COME FROME LATIN (OUR ROMANS________ MANY CITIES AND
• THE MONUMENTS
TEMPLE
AMPHITHEATRE
AQUEDUCT
CAPITAL
LANGUAGE
BUILT

23. • Of all the
people in
Ancient Rome,
nearly half of
them were
slaves.
• In Ancient
Rome, only
boys went to
school. Girls
stayed at
home.
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25. Ancient Egypt. Educational video
for Kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVlXOyU10I