HISTORY

history

index

1. Prehistory

7. Modern Age

2. Ancient History

8. Today

3. Ancient Greeks

4. Ancient Romans

5. Middle Ages

6. Early Modern Age

prehistory

THE FIRST HUMANS APPEARED.

PREHISTORY PERIOD STARTED ABOUT 5 MILLION YEARS AGO AND ENDED WHEN PEOPLE LEARNED TO WRITE.

IN PREHISTORY...

People lived in tribes and slept in caves or tents.

They hunted, fished and collected fruit and berries.

They used tools made of wood, stone or bones.

They wore clothes made of animal skins.

They discovered fire and invented the wheel.

People couldn't write or read.

ALTAMIRA CAVE IN CANTABRIA

ANCIENT HISTORY

Ancient History started with the beginning of writing, about 35oo BC.

THE FIRST CIVILISATIONS APPEARED: ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS

ANCIENT GREEKS

The Greeks called the Iberian Peninsula IBERIA.

They believed in many gods: ZEUS WAS THE GOD OF SKY.

They liked theatre and sports. They invented the OLYMPIC GAMES.

The Greeks invented COINS to buy and sell things.

Many important PHILOSOPHERS appeared: SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE.

ZEUS

ANCIENt romans

The Romans built a large empire in Europe and Africa.

They came to the Iberian Peninsula in 218 B.C. They called it HISPANIA.

The Romans invented Latin.

They built ROADS, BRIDGES AND AQUEDUCTS.

They liked art and culture. They wrote many books.

SEGOVIA AQUEDUCT

roman buildings

COLOSSEUM IN ROME

3D

MERIDA THEATRE

MOSQUE

MIDDLE AGES

THIS PERIOD STARTED WHEN THE ROMAN EMPIRE ENDED IN 476 AD

MUSLIMS CAME FROM THE NORTH OF AFRICA AND CONQUERED THE SOUTH OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. THEY CALLED IT al-ANDALUS.

LA ALHAMBRA IN GRANADA

al-andalus

Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together in al-Andalus in the south.

Most towns in al-Andalus had a WALL around them. The centre was called the MEDINA and the market place was the ZOCO.

People prayed in MOSQUES.

MEZQUITA DE CÓRDOBA

THE MEDINA

THE BLUE MOSQUE IN ISTANBUL

ZOCO IN MARRAKECH

CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

In the North there were CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS.

KINGS AND QUEENS were the RULERS.

THEY LIVED IN CASTLES

They had SOLDIERS AND SERVANTS.

Slowly the Christians conquered Al-Andalus.

It was called LA RECONQUISTA.

GRANADA was the last place they conquered.

That was the end of the MIDDLE AGES.

MONASTERIES

THERE WERE A LOT OF CHURCHES IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

They could read and write.

MONKS AND PRIESTS LIVED IN MONASTERIES

EARLY MODERN AGE

IN 1492, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA. That was the start of the Early Modern Age.

EARLY MODERN AGE: INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

MODERN AGE

LATER ON, THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS HAPPENED.

MODERN AGE STARTED WITH THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN 1789.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

FACTORIES

MANY PEOPLE DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT A KING AND A REVOLUTION STARTED IN FRANCE.

STEAM TRAIN

MACHINES

MODERN AGE INVENTIONS

AEROPLANE

CAR

TELEPHONE

CAMERA

VACCINES

LIGHTBULB

TELEVISION

TODAY

WE USE MANY DIGITAL DEVICES

TODAY WE LIVE IN COMFORTABLE HOUSES AND THERE ARE LOTS OF MACHINES TO HELP US.

WE OFTEN TRAVEL BY CAR, BUS, TRAIN or PLANE.

WE CAN GO TO THE CINEMA, WATCH TV AND PLAY VIDEOGAMES.

THE INTERNET TRANSFORMED PEOPLE'S LIVES.

PEOPLE STARTED TO EXPLORE SPACE.

NOW IT IS VERY EASY TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE FAR AWAY.

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