1. Major themes in History History Midterm Bryan Baird Michael T. Argüello History 4 September 25, 2011

3. Grew with Agriculture

4. Eventually spread to empires

5. The Rise of Class

6. Tribal societies, equal power

7. Agricultural city-states, heavy focus on class

8. Some early empires make an attempt at democracy

9. Spirituality

10. Was initially tied to nature and the hunt

11. Grew to become another resource to be hoarded

12. Eventually returned to the common people

13. Ancient People Long ago, man's location was largely decided by nature, and hunter-gathers were forced to be nomadic

14. Early Empires Due to travel costs, earlier Empires were mostly isolated, and grew based on their region. Nobody could move an army across the desert to conquer Egypt, greatly reducing foreign influence Just try to move an army here Just try to move an army here

15. Alexander of Macedonia So awesome he gets a chapter as large as most countries. United the western world under one rule, and conquered Persia, (Shown in this mosaic) a rather herculean task.

16. The growth of Class Class structure was regarded as natural before the time writing was established ← The first written law code contains references to a class structure

17. Class in ancient society It is generally believed that class structure was very weak in per-agricultural times. Everybody had to pull their own weight. A ruling class would not be viable in the face of the larger predators at the time.

18. Rise of Democracy The Greeks attempted a democracy during their golden age, which was later used to inspire American democracy

19. Evolving Religions In the beginning, it was all about nature spirits. In the beginning, women played a much more prominent role in art, which would fluctuate in different time periods.

20. The Hoarding of the Afterlife Egyptians tended to invest in the Afterlife like modern people invest in their retirement plan

21. Reclaiming the Supernatural In the later classical era, Christianity and Buddhism allowed commoners back into the afterlife. Notice how most of Christ's disciples were not of noble birth