World  History Connection to today  Unit 1 Early Civilization  page iiv page 1
Themes:
As you read about early human civilization 
you will encounter the following unit themes.
Continuity and Change:
Using artifact and writing 
ten evidence archaeologist and historians help us understand the ancient human past.
Economics and Technology:
During early human history people gradually changed from the life of hunters and gathering to the life of farmer As civilization 
developed people began to specialize. 
They traded more built large-scale public projects and used mathematics and astronomy to better understand the world 
around them.
Geography and History:
Early people depended on their 
physical surroundings using 
natural resources to provides 
food shelter and tools for 
survival Gradually people 
living in the river valley of Egypt
the Middle East India and China 
developed complex civilization.
Art and Literature:
The development of writing 
preserved some of the world's oldest literature from the Egyptian Tale of Sinuha and the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh to India's Mahabbrata and ancident China's book of Songs.
Abu Simbel is a temple built along the Nile River in Egypt to honor the

ruler Ramses II It's huge size reflects the pharaoh's power and godlike statue.