TIMELINES

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TIMELINES
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Timelines
A few things to know Chronological - B.C.
A.D. B.C.E. C.E. c-
What is a century? If people lived in the 1st
century, during which years would they have
lived? If they lived in the 2nd century, during
which years would they have lived? During which
century do we currently live in?
Label one of these lines with A.) BCE/BC and the
other B.) CE/AD
1CE 100 CE 200 CE 300
CE 400 CE
400 BCE 300 BCE 200 BCE 100
BCE 1 AD
Why should be learn about timelines?

• 1. We need to know that ___________________ has
  an order.
• History is organized ____________________
• 3. Once you understand and know about events
  chronologically We can begin to explain/
  examine historical______________________________

Timelines help us to understand
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Who is older, someone born in 1760 BCE or someone
born in 1450 BCE? How many years difference is
there between 250 BCE and 264 BCE? How many
years difference is there between 1436 BCE and
1524 CE? You visit a cemetery and one of the
tombstones reads, Born in the 15th century,
died in the 16th century. Make up possible
dates that this person may have been born and
died.
Look at the following 10 dates Put them in
Chronological Order by reordering and rewriting
the information in the blank boxes..
3,000 B.C. First plow used in China
1,800 B.C. - Code of Hammurabi recorded
900 B.C. Creek City-State of Sparta founded.
476 C.E. Rome Falls to Germanic invaders.
2,772 B.C.E Egyptians create 365 day calendar.
20,000 B.C. - Hunter-gatherers paint the walls of caves near Avignon, France
5,000 B.C.E - First Towns settle in Sumer.
45 B.C. Julius Caesar becomes dictator of Rome.
101 A.D. Chinese invented paper.
776 B.C.E. First Olympic Games held.
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What are we doing today?
Today we are going to learn about Timelines.
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Why are we learning about Timelines?
Time lines help us to understand History!!
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How will Mr. Markowski
know you learned this?
1. If you are able to order events into
chronological order. 2. If you are able to
read a timeline interpret their data. 3. If
you are able to make a timeline.
Tests/quizzes
PROJECTS - make timelines.
Reading timelines when we study Ancient
Civilizations.
Placing data on a time line
Organizing data in chronological order
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What is a Timeline?
A timeline is an actual picture of events that
happened in history. The events depicted on a
timeline are in chronological order. Timelines
can be LINEAR or COMPARATIVE.
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CHRONOLOGICAL -
Chronologically
Arranged in the order in which events happened
according to date
Arranged in order of occurrence so a story may
be chronological, in which case it relates events
in the sequence they occurred
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A few abbreviations to know
B.C.
Before Christ
Anno Domino (in the year of our Lord)
A.D.
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BC and AD relate all dates to the birth of Jesus.
Referring to Jesus Christ - using dates that are
based on the birth of Jesus - which are part of
the Christian Religion. However, this was seen as
offensive to non-Christians, so, historians
developed new terms to date events.
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BIRTH OF CHRIST AD1 Alleged date of the birth
of Jesus Christ. Calendar dates back from here
(BC Before Christ) and forward from here.
c. 4 B.C. birth of Jesus
c. 6 BC Suggested birth (earliest)
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The Gospels are problematic, because they offer
two accounts that chronologists find
incompatible. Matthew states that Jesus was born
while Herod the Great was still alive and that
Herod ordered the slaughter of infants two years
old and younger (Matt. 216), and based on the
date of Herod's death in 4 BC (contra Dionysius
Exiguus), many chronologists conclude that the
year 6 BC is the most likely year of Jesus'
birth. Consequently, Jesus would have been about
four to six years old in the year AD 1. On the
other hand, Luke's account places Jesus' birth
during a census conducted under the governorship
of Quirinius, who, according to Josephus,
conducted a census in AD 6. In order to reconcile
the two Gospel accounts, some have suggested that
Josephus was mistaken or that Quirinius had a
separate period of rule under Herod. In any case,
the actual date of his birth remains historically
unverifiable. In recent years, East Asian
historians have attempted to match the birth of
Jesus with special events in their history. They
found that, according to the oldest record of the
Comet Halley during the Han Dynasty, "The comet
heads east with its tail pointing west at night,
and was appearing in the sky for more than 70
days". in 6 BC. This has been suggested as an
independent record of the "Star" described in
Matthew 2. If accepted, this suggestion would
place the birthday of Jesus in summer rather than
winter. 
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Brief timeline of Jesus. Important years from
empirical sources.c. 6 BC Suggested birth
(Earliest)c. 4 BC Herod's deathc. AD 6
Suggested birth (Latest). Quirinius censusc.
AD 26 Pilate appointed Judea governor c. AD
27 Suggested death (Earliest).c. AD 36
Suggested death (Latest)
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B.C.E. -
BEFORE THE COMMON ERA
C.E. -
COMMON ERA/ CHRISTIAN ERA
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Since many non-Christians have come to use this
calendar, an alternative notation "C.E." is
sometimes used. It is presently uncertain what
the original meaning of this abbreviation was,
although today it is taken to mean either the
Common Era or the Christian Era many references
cite both. 
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Often, the letter C will appear before the date
on a time line. This c stands for the word
circa which means around. This notation is
used when the exact date is not known.
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What is a CENTURY?
A century is one hundred of something, usually
one hundred consecutive years
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If people lived in the 1st century, they lived
between the year 0 99. If they lived in
the 2nd century, they would have lived between
the years 100 -199.
1st Century
0
100
1st Century
2nd Century
100
0
200
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When an event is said to have happened in the 6th
century (or even the 6th century BCE), the years
in which the event could have occurred are
between 500 599 (or 500 599 BCE).
1 CE
500 599 CE
599 500 BCE
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For example Buddha was born in 563 BCE, which
would mean he was born in the 6th century BCE.
Buddha Born 563 BCE
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
5th
1 CE
6th
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What century are we part of today. 2010?
Remember always go up
21st Century
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When numbering in C.E. (or A.D.) remember the
number simply go up (get larger) the farther you
move to the right.
1 100 200 300 400 500 600
700
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When numbering in B.C.E. (or B.C.) remember
the number gets larger the farther you move to
the left.
800 700 600 500 400 300
200 100 1CE
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Why are Timelines Important?
Why should we study them?

• We need to know that history has an order.
• History is organized chronologically.
• Once you understand and know about events
• chronologically We can begin to
• explain/ examine historical relationships.

 
   Knowing about TIMELINES, we can begin to look at/answer these questions Which King or Queen came before who? Which battle was when? Were the Greeks more ancient than the Egyptians? Could King Henry VIII have met Florence Nightingale?
  
  
  
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Timelines help us to understand History!!
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• For TODAY
• We are going to concentrate on organizing
  information into chronological order.

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5000 B.C. Early settlements in China appear 3000 B.C.E. First plow used in China 1,700 B.C. Shang Dynasty Controls Huang He
868 A.D. Chinese use wooden blocks to print 400 B.C. Confucius teaches about duty in China 215 B.C.E Qin Dynasty begins construction of the Great Wall of China
206 B.C.E. Han Dynasty begins in China-adapts Confucianism 101 A.D. Chinese invent paper 220 C.E. Fall of Han Dynasty
400 C.E. Chinese manufacture steel 605 A.D. Construction of the Grand Canal in China begins 1,000 C.E. Chinese perfect gunpowder.

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10,000 B.C.E. Villages established along Nile River 6,000 B.C. Farmer build irrigation ditches along the Nile 4,000 B.C. Sailboats first used on boats on the Nile.
3,200 B.C.E. Egyptians begin Hieroglyphic Writing 3,100 B.C. Menes unites Upper and Lower Egypt 2,772 B.C. Egyptians create 365 day calendar.
2,600 B.C. Khufu orders Great Pyramid Built 1,250 B.C.E. Possible date of Moses Exodus from Egypt 700 B.C.E. Iron tools made in Egypt.
671 B.C. Assyrians overrun Egypt 30 B.C. Egypt becomes a Roman Province.

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5,000 B.C. First towns settle in Sumer. 4,000 B.C.E. Sumerians settle Fertile Crescent, 3,500 B.C.E. Cuneiform appears in Sumer.
3,100 B.C. Mesopotamia used bronze. 3,000 B.C. City-states begin in Sumer. 2,250 B.C.E. Ziggurats built at Ur.
1,800 B.C. Code of Hummurabi recorded. 1,700 B.C.E. Babylon conquers Sumeria. 1,700 B.C. Possible date of Abrahams journey to Canaan.
689 B.C. Assyrians invade Babylon 586 B.C.E. Judah is conquered, Jews are exiled. 539 B.C.E. Persias, Cyrus the Great, conquers Babylon and frees the Jews.

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20,000 B.C.E. Hunter-gatherers paint the walls of caves near Avignon, France 10,000 B.C. Early Europeans make tiny blades, called Microliths, out of flint. 7,000 B.C. Farming begins in southern Europe, as Greek farmers raise wheat and herd sheep and goats.
8,000 B.C.E. Hunter-gathers use wild rice in East and Southeast Asia 40,000 B.C. Asian hunters begin to cross the Beringia land bridge. 15,000 B.C.E People have spread through the Americas.
6,000 B.C.E. Early agriculture begins at Catal Huyuk, in what is today Turkey 5,000 B.C. First town settled in Sumer. 6,000 B.C. Farmers built irrigation ditches along the Nile River.


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3,000,000 B.C.E Lucy, an early prehistoric hominid, lives on earth. 2,000,000 B.C. Humans begin to make simple tools to make their lives easier. They are called Handy Man. 200,000 B.C. Early Man begins to walk upright. They also begin to migrate out of Africa.
50,000 B.C.E Neanderthals, otherwise called WISE MAN were said to lived. 12,000 B.C. Prehistoric man is said to have had a variety of tools, shelter and clothing making life much easier.



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7000 B.C.E Greek farmers raise wheat and herd sheep. 3,000 B.C. Artisans on Crete use bronze and gold. 2,000 B.C. Minoan palace civilization begins to flourish on Crete.
900 B.C.E. Etruscans settle north of the Tiber River. 900 B.C. Greek City-State of Sparta founded. 776 B.C.E. First Olympic Games held.
700 B.C. Remus and Romulus found the city of Rome. 700 B.C.E. Homer creates Greek Epic poems. 499 B.C. Persian Wars begin.
450 B.C.E. Twelve Tables become basis or Roman Law. 202 B.C.E. Roman army defeats Hannibal at Zama. 146 B.C. Greece is conquered by the Romans.

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45 B.C. Julius Caesar becomes dictator of Rome. 27 A.D. Pax Romana begins in Roman Empire. 29 C.E. Jesus teachings become basis for Christianity.
70 A.D. Romans destroy Jerusalem. 330 C.E. Constantinople becomes new capitol of Roman Empire. 476 A.D. Rome falls to Germanic Invaders.




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5,000 B.C.E. Early maize farming begins in what is today Mexico. 1,400 B.C. Farming villages develop in Central America. 1,200 B.C.E. Olmec civilization begins in Mexico.
200 B.C. Mayan culture develops in Central America. 600 A.D. Height of the Maya Civilization. 900 C.E. Mayan Civilization mysteriously collapses.
1,200 C.E. Incas in Peru settle at Cuzco. 1,325 A.D. Aztecs found city of Tenochtitlan in what is today Mexico City. 1486 C.E. Aztec civilization at its peak.
1521 C.E. Cortez conquers Aztecs. 1620 C.E. Pilgrims sail to Plymouth in the Mayflower.

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8,000 B.C. Hunter-gathers use wild rice in East and Southeast Asia. 7,000 B.C.E. Before the devlopment of pottery, early people in wester Asia make whiteware from lime and ash. 6,000 B.C. Early agriculture begins at Catal Huyak, in what is today Turkey.
2,300 B.C. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa flourish in the Indus River Valley. 528 B.C.E. Possible date that Siddhartha Gautama, founder os Buddhism, begins teaching in India. 273 B.C.E. Asoka spreads Buddhist teaching and religious tolerance in India.
250 B.C. Kingdom of Pathia emerges in eastern Persia. 320 C.E. Cupta empire emerges in Ganges Valley, India. 552 A.D. Buddhism spread to Japan from China and Korea.


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595 C.E. Indian mathematicians use decimal system 622 A.D. According to Muslim sources, Muhammad makes the migration, or hijra, from Mecca to Medina 1,100 C.E. Samurai dominate Japan
1,209 A.D. Genghis Khan leads Mongols to conquer China.



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A few of Edison's inventions and
improvements 1868   Vote Recorder
1869   Printing Telegraph 1869   Stock Ticker
1872   Automatic Telegraph 1876   Electric
Pen1877   Carbon Telephone Transmitter1877   Pho
nograph1879   Dynamo 1879   Incandescent
Electric Lamp 1881   Electric Motor
1886   Talking Doll1897   Projecting
Kinetoscope 1900   Storage Battery
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http//www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/ti
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http//www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/timel
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Kind of a fun game type website to put things
in chronological order.
http//home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/timeintr.htm
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Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions Edison's Timeline of Inventions

1868 1869 1872 1876 1877 1879 1881 1886 1897 1900
Vote Recorder Printing Telegraph Stock Ticker Automatic Telegraph Electric Pen Carbon Telephone Transmitter Phonograph Dynamo Incandescent Electric Lamp Electric Motor Talking Doll Projecting Kinetoscope Storage Battery
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http//www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a
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http//www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a
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