This document provides a timeline of human evolution from 6-7 million BCE to 200k BCE, including key species such as Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo neanderthalensis. It then briefly discusses Neanderthals becoming extinct, followed by short definitions of history, prehistory, archaeology, and evolution.

1. Sahelanthropus tchadensis:
West africa 6-7 million BCE
• Chimpanzee sized brain, Upright
Ardiphitecus Ramidus:
East africa 4.4 million BCE
Australophitecus afarensis:
East africa 3.85-2.89 million BCE
Homo Habilis East and South Africa 2.4-1.4 million BCE
Homo Erectus Africa 1.89-700k million BCE
Homo Neanderthalis 200k-28k Europe and Middle east
• Wide face, big eyebrows, big nose, clothing, language, bury
dead, simbolic,
Homo Sapiens world 200k

2. Single cell
life Fish Reptiles Monkeys
Plants Amphibians Mammals Humans
Why did Neanderthals become extinct?
They didnt have enough food and Homo Sapiens killed them.
History: The study of humans and events in the past.
Pre History: The study of humans and events in the past before writing was invented.
Archeology: The study of human remains.
Evolution: How living things to adapt to their enviroment.
Agriculture: Population increased after agriculture because they saw more people could
eat, could help and have more time. Before people didn’t have many food so they had to
go and search/hunt.

3. Sumeria
• Clay figures, sumerian pots, melt
copper to make it
Inventions
structure, Wheel, bronze, sail
boat, mathematics, writing, schools
• Each city was run by a council of
Goverment
elders (city states)
Religion • Polytheistic. Ziggurats were like
and egyptians pyramids except they
Ziggurats were temples

4. BABYLON
• was the sixth king of Babylon during the first
Hammurabi
period. he's known for the hammurabi's code.
• The Babylonian numeration system was
Numbers
developed between 3k-2k BC
Nebuchadnezzar • Nebuchadnezzar made hanging gardens for his
and the Hanging wife, but they were destroyed bu and earthquake
Gardens he enemy of the jewish he burned Jerusalem

5. ASSYRIA
Military • They were the first governors
Aqueducts • They were canals
• It was the first library, they stored
Library of many books about Mesopotamia
Nineveh that is why we have a lot of
information about Mesopotamia

6. ISRAEL
• Their religion was Judaism and
Christianism. They started believen
Religion
in Jesus when he started doing
miracles and proclaming
Abraham • was the first jew. Father of Isaac.
• He freed the jew town from egyptian
Moses
slavery.
David • He killed the biggest flestnic.
• He was the founder of Christianism
Jesus
religion. Mesiah.

7. PHOENICIA
• They developed a 22 symbol
The
alphabet which was later improved
Alphabet
by the greeks.
• They had many trade routes their
main harbour was Carthage and
other cities as Sidan, Tyre and
Trade
Byblos traded very good. They
trade purple cloth, glass and cedar
wood.
• He was a military of Carthage and
Hannibal
he was a soldier and almost
Barca
became king

8. PERSIA
• The king of Anshan, founder of
Cyrus I Achaemenid, he is remembered
as the liberator.
• In 520 BC he took the throne of
Darius the Persia. He made persepolis, the
Great ceremonial capital of
Achaemenid Empire
• Persian carpets, Ice
Inventions
cream, guitar, postals

9. INDIA
• It is the religions that believes
in Brahma. The believe in
Hinduism
reencarnation and they
thought cows were gods.
• He was a prince named
Siddharta Siddharta. He was priviliged
Gautama but at 29 he became a monk to
find enlightenment,

10. CHINA
Inventions • Silk, gun powder, porceline, tea
Quin Shi • First emperor. Built great wall of
Huang Di China to protect from Mongoles.
• Was constructed by Quin Shi
The Great
Huang Di. To Protect from
Wall
Mongoles

11. HITTITES
• They were the ones who
Iron discovered Irons. Used
to do pretty things.
• With egyptians they had
Battle a spy that told the
of egyptians they were far
Kadesh away when they were
just arriving.

12. Egypt
Mummification steps:
1.Wash body with water from Nile
2.Organs and brain removed
3.Body and organs covered in salt
4.Body cleaned covered in oil and
bandages
5. Body and organs in
Sarcophagus

13. Pyramids:
Started as mastabas. 1 leves
tombs. 1st step for Pyramid built
for a pharaoh. Great pyramid of
Gizah built for cheops.
Book of dead:
Was a collection of maps spells
and tips to help the dead
people.