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ANCIENT HISTORY
THE FIRST CIVILISATIONS
➲In
this era some villages grew into cities
where the first civilisations developed.
➲These new circumstances meant it became
necessary to keep a record of important
➲information, so writing was invented.
EGYPT
➲The
Egyptians built great pyramids for their
pharaohs.
EGYPT
➲They
arose near the Nile river. They
navigated the river in papyrus boats.
EGYPT
➲The
Egyptians wrote with hieroglyphics. It
was a picture-based system and very few
people knew how to use it.
GREECE
➲The
Greeks lived near the Mediterranean
Sea. They used ships to travel and they
founded colonies.
GREECE
➲They
left us works of art, beautiful stories
about their gods called myths and even the
Olympics!
GREECE
➲They
introduced democracy in their cities,
which means, the “government of the people”.
ROME
➲The
Romans flourished in the area around
the Mediterranean Sea and crossed the
Mediterranean Sea to expand their Empire. In
fact they lived in our territories for many years.
➲Temples for their gods and goddesses.
➲Romans built very good roads. In the cities,
the roads had zebra crossings.
THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME
➲Rome
was founded in the Italian Peninsula in
the 8th century BC.
➲In the year 509 BC, the Romans drove out
their kings and organised a republic that was
governed by a Senate.
PAX AUGUSTA
➲The
Senate was not able to control the power
of the army. So, in the year 27 BC, the general
Octavio Augustus was named empeor and the
Senate lost its power.
➲The Roman Empire extended right around
the Mediterranean Sea, which they called
“Mare Nostrum”. All this territory was divided
into provinces to make government easier.
PAX AUGUSTA
➲The
next two centuries were a relatively
➲ peaceful period called “Pax Augusta”
THE 3rd CENTURY
➲Important
changes happened in this
➲century:
➲Rome
stopped receiving wealth from its
conquests so they had to raise taxes. Many
citizens could not pay and had to flee to the
country.
THE DIVISION OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE
➲In
395 AD, the emperor Theodosius divided
the empire into two parts to make defence
easier:
➲The Eastern Roman Empire resisted
➲invasion and became known as the
Byzantine Empire. It existed until 1453 AD.
➲The Western Roman Empire didn't resist
invasion. The last emperor, Romulus
Augustulus, was deposed in 479 AC, which
marked the end of Ancient History.
DONE BY
➲Manuel
López Espínola
➲Alejandro Ruiz Sierra
➲5º de primaria