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Ancient history

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    Ancient history
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  • What are the four major civilisations of Ancient History?
    The Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Indus Valley and the Egyptians
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  • What did the Sumerians develop?
    The earliest writing system
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  • What did the Babylonians develop?
    The earliest number system
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  • What was developed in the Indus Valley?
    The earliest water systems
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  • What did the egyptians build?
    The pyramids
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  • Name the colonisers of the Iberian Peninsula in order.
    Iberians, Celts, Phoenicians, Greeks, Tartessians and Carthaginians.
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  • Where did the Iberians settle?
    In the south and east of the Peninsula
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  • Where did the Celts settle?
    In the west, north and centre of the Peninsula
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  • Where did the Phoenicians settle?
    In the south and east/Mediterranean
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  • Where did the Greeks settle?
    In the Mediterranean coast
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  • Where did the Tartessians settle?
    Near the Guadalquivir river, the Guadiana Valley and Extremadura
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  • Where did the Carthaginians settle?
    In the Mediterranean coast
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  • How did the Romans conquer the Peninsula?
    1st P.W., 2nd P.W., Centre/West, Balearic Islands, North
    2nd P.W., Centre/West, North, 1st P.W., Balearic Islands
    2nd P.W., 1st P.W, Balearic Islands, North, Centre/West
    2nd P.W., 1st P.W., Balearic Islands, Centre/West, North
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  • How did life change under the Romans?
    Peninsula = Hispania, People became romanised, Romans built roads, bridges, theatres, etc., people became Roman citizens, Religion = Christianity
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  • What famous Romans that lived in the Peninsula do you know? What were their professions?
    Trajan (soldier / military emperor) and Seneca (politician and writer)
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  • Why did the Roman Empire end?
    Because the Germanic tribes started moving into the Roman Territory
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