CHAPTER ONE: Overview – Early Human Societies and the Ancient World
Introduction: Timeline of the Ancient World – c. 60,000BC to 500AD
Unit 1: Map
Unit 2: Early Human Societies and Early Migrations
Unit 3: How Do We Know About Ancient Societies?
Unit 4: Key Features of Ancient Societies
Making connections
CHAPTER TWO - Investigating the Ancient Past
Unit 1: How do Historians Find Out About the Past?
Unit 2: How do Archaeologists Find Out About the Past?
Unit 3: Using Sources
Unit 4: Ancient Australia – Site Study Lake Mungo
Unit 5: Preserving the Past
Unit 6: Mysteries
Making connections
PART B: THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD
CHAPTER THREE – Ancient Egypt
Introduction
Timeline
Unit 1: The Physical Features of Egypt
Unit 2: Society
Unit 3: Religion
Unit 4: Law and Government
Unit 5: Everyday Life
Unit 6: Warfare
Unit7 : Death and Funerary Customs
Unit 8: Contacts and Conflicts - Conquest and Trade
Unit 9: Significant Individuals - Hatshepsut
Unit 10: Ancient site: Deir el-Medina
Unit 11: History Mystery: Tutenkhamen’s Tomb
Making connections
CHAPTER FOUR – Ancient Greece
Introduction
Timeline
Unit 1: The Physical Features of Greece
Unit 2: Society
Unit 3: Religion
Unit 4: Law and Government
Unit 5: Everyday Life
Unit 6:Warfare
Unit 7: Death and Funerary Customs
Unit 8: Contacts and Conflicts - Greece at War
Unit 9: Significant Individuals - Pericles
Unit 10: Ancient Sites - the Oracle of Delphi
Unit 11: History Mystery: The Lost city of Atlantis
Making connections
CHAPTER FIVE - Ancient Rome
Introduction
Timeline
Unit 1: The Physical Features of Rome
Unit 2: Society
Unit 3: Religion
Unit 4; Death and Funerary Customs
Unit 5: Law and Government
Unit 6: Everyday Life
Unit 7: Warfare
Unit 8: Contacts and Conflicts - Expansion and Empire
Unit 9: Significant Individual - Julius Caesar
Unit 10: Ancient Sites: Pompeii
Unit 11: History Mystery - The lost legion
Making Connections
PARTC: THE ASIAN WORLD
CHAPTER SIX – Ancient China
Introduction
Timeline
Unit 1: The Physical Features of China
Unit 2: Society
Unit 3: Religion, Philosophy and Confucious
Unit 4: Death and Funerary Customs
Unit 5: Significant Individual - Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi
Unit 6: Contacts and Conflicts - China Under the Han
Unit 7: Science and Technology
Unit 8: Warfare
Unit 9: Ancient Sites: Terracotta Warriors of Xian
Unit 10: History Mystery: Emperor Qin’s Tomb
Making Connections
CHAPTER SEVEN – Ancient India
Introduction
Timeline
Unit 1: The Physical Features of India
Unit 2: Society
Unit 3: Emergence of Religion in India
Unit 4: Everyday Life
Unit 5: Warfare
Unit 6: Death and Funerary Customs
Unit 7: Contacts and Conflicts - Expansion and Empire
Unit 8: Significant Individuals - Ashoka the Great
Unit 9: Ancient Sites: Barabar Caves
Unit 10: History Mystery: Mohenjaro Daro
Making Connections
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