Unit 1

This is a Primary Source

• Textbook

• Documentary

• Biography

• Letter

This is a secondary source

• Photo

• Interview

• Academic Article

• Diary

BCE Means

AD means

Historians prefer BCE and CE because

• The terms are easy to remember

• It is secular (removes religion)

• Anno Domini is Latin, and Latin is a dead language

• Events in history changed how time was kept, so BC and AD no longer made sense

Prehistory is

• Before writing

• Before Christ (BC)

• After the Neolithic Revolution

• Refers to the period of dinosaurs

Humans came from

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

• Antartica

Migration is

• Solely seasonal

• Moving

• The process of reducing

• A bad headache

The Mauryan Empire..

• Was small

• Was aggressive

• Was peaceful

• Did not have a writing system

The Assyrians were

• Militaristic & Aggressive

• Peaceful and Hindu

• Solely focused on trade

• Friendly to neighbors