This document provides an overview of history from prehistory to the modern age. It describes key periods such as prehistory (beginning 5 million years ago), the Ancient World (starting with the invention of writing around 3500BC), the Middle Ages (476AD to 1492), the Early Modern Age (1492 to 1789 with discoveries and the printing press), and the Contemporary or Modern Age (beginning in 1789 with the Industrial Revolution and continuing to present). Each period is briefly characterized with some important developments and events. The document also provides links to learn more about each historical period.

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3. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
WHAT IS HISTORY?
The study of past events,
particularly in human affairs.

4. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
Counting the time.
We talk about the past in
years and centuries.
●1845 AD- belongs to the 19th (AD) century.
●23 BC- belongs to the 1st century (BC)

5. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
Counting the time.
AD MEANS AFTER
THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.
BC MEANS
BEFORE THE DEATH
OF JESUS CHRIST.

7. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
Prehistory.
●The oldest period is called Prehistory.
●It started 5 million years ago when
first humans appeared and ended
with the invention of writing.
●They lived in caves, they hunted and fished.
● They discovered the fire and invented the wheel.

8. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
To learnmoreabout Prehistory, clickhere.
https://www.usborne.com/quicklinks/eng/
catalogue/catalogue.aspx?
cat=1&loc=uk&area=H&subcat=HP

9. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
● ANCIENT WORLD.
● IT started when people invented writing
about 3500BC and ended in 476Ad with the
fall of the Roman Empire.

10. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
● ANCIENT WORLD.
● Greeks.
● They made democracy, beautiful
buildings and sculptures.
● They believed in many gods and bought
and sold (trade).
● They invented the coins and the
Olympic Games.

11. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
● ANCIENT WORLD.
● Romans.
● They made an Empire around the
Mediterranean sea, they called Spain
“Hispania”
● They built many roads and cities and spoke
a language called “Latin”.
● Both (Roman and Greeks ) believed in many
gods.

12. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
To learnmoreabout the Ancient Worldclickhere.
https://www.usborne.com/quicklinks/eng/
catalogue/catalogue.aspx?
cat=1&loc=uk&area=H&subcat=
HE&id=12785&topic=16826
https://www.usborne.com/quicklinks/eng/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?cat=1&loc=uk&s=1

13. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
Middle Ages.
• It started in 476 AD and ended in 1492.
• In Spain in 711 Ad, Muslims conquered the Iberian
Peninsula except the North, they called it Al-Andalus.
In the North there were small Christian kingdoms.
•They built mosques like in Cordoba and palaces like
the Alhambra.
•Society was divided into kings, nobles, priests and
monks and peasants.

14. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
Middle Ages.

15. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
To learnmoreabout the Middle Ages clickhere.
https://www.usborne.com
/quicklinks/eng/
catalogue/catalogue.aspx?
cat=1&loc=uk&s=1

16. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
TheEarly Modernage.
••It started in 1492 when Columbus discovered
America.
•The printing press was invented. The compass was
invented and explorers made better maps to travel
around the globe.
•Shakespeare wrote plays such as Romeo and Juliet.
Cervantes wrote Don Quijote, most famous Spanish
novel ever.
•It ended in 1789 with the French Revolution.

17. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
To learnmoreabout the Early ModernAge
clickhere.
https://www.usborne.com/quicklinks/eng
/catalogue/catalogue.aspx?cat=1&loc=uk&ar
ea=H&subcat=HF

18. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
TheContemporary or Modernage.
••It started in 1789. There were many changes and
inventions called “The Industrial Revolution”.
•Steam trains were invented, society was divided into
rich and poor people.
•They use machines to make a lot of products .
•During the 20th century cars, planes and buses were
invented and entertainment (cinema, TV, internet
)changed people´s lifestyle.

19. UNIT 5. HISTORY.
To learnmoreabout the Contemporary Age
clickhere.
https://www.usborne.com/quicklinks/eng/ca
talogue/catalogue.aspx?cat=1&loc=uk&area=
H&subcat=HI