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Golden Ages
Golden Age
 Usually characterized by peace, prosperity
 Advances in arts, technology…
China
 Shang Dynasty: 1650 - 1027 BCE The ancient Chinese system
of writing used pictographs, or drawings of objects, and
ideographs, or drawings that expressed a thought or idea.
 Zhou Dynasty:1027-256 BCE
 Dynastic Cycle
 Learned how to make silk
from silk worms
 Made books
Han Dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE
 China enjoyed a true golden age under the Han.
 Confucianism
 Civil Service Exam
 Silk Road
 Han scientists wrote textbooks on subjects ranging from zoology
to botany and chemistry. They were advanced astronomers, which
enabled them to create more accurate clocks. Han scientist also
invented the process to make paper from wood pulp; they
invented the rudder for use on ships, and created other such useful
devices as the fishing reel and the wheelbarrow.
 Acupuncture
Greek Golden Age- Athens
 Pericles
 Direct Democracy
 Philosophers: Aristotle, Plato, Socrates
 Art and Architecture: Parthenon
 Medicine: Hippocrates
 Mathematics: Pythagoras
Hellenistic
 Alexander the Great
 Combines: Greek,
Persian and Egyptian culture
Pax Romana: Roman Peace
 12 Tables: Law code
 men being equal under the law,
 having the right to face their accusers,
 being considered innocent until proven guilty.
 Architecture: arch and dome
 Roads, Aquaducts
India: Gupta Dynasty (320 - 550 CE)
 Ordered society: Caste System
 Math: Decimal System and
Arabic Numerals
 Herbal medicine, vaccination
against small pox, plastic
surgery
 Sanskrit: Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves and Aladdin and his
Magic Lamp.
Golden Age of Islam
 Started in Arabia, Spread to North Africa, Spain and India
 Under the Abbassids, Islamic culture became a blending of
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Arab, Persian, Egyptian, and European traditions. The result
was an era of stunning intellectual and cultural achievements.
Calligraphy
Islamic mathematician al-Khwarizimi, pioneered the study of
algebra
Studied astronomy
Medicine: could remove cataracts in the eye
Economics: Vast trading network, credit, partnerships
Meso America: Olmecs, Maya,Aztecs,
Incas
 Mayan : built pyramids, irrigation system, calendar
 Incas: straight roads, machu pichu , relay runners, terraced
farming
 Aztecs: large temples, human sacrifice, calendar, chinampas
Africa: Mali, Ghana,Songhai
 Vast trade network: cultural diffusion. Gold and Salt trade
 Strong ties to Islam
 Mali: Mansa Musa; 5 pillars, pilgrimage to Mecca
 Timbuktu- university
 Medicine- people came from all over to study there
Renaissance
 Began in Italy: center of trade: new ideas and money!
 Art: Da Vinci, Michelangelo
 Use of perspective
 Printing Press
 Literature:
 Machiavelli: The Prince, guide book for rulers
 Shakespeare
 Miguel de Cervantes
 Scientific Revolution: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton