HISTORY, RECTANGLES

1.- HISTORY Year 0 =Year Jesus Christ was born. B.C.= Before Christ (Antes de Cristo) A.D.= Anno Domini(Después de Cristo) Century= 100 years.

 

3.- PREHISTORY People lived in caves. People made clothes from animal skin. People hunted and fished. People collected wild plants and herbs to eat. They invented writing and that was the end of prehistory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.-ANCIENT  HISTORY

 

GREEKS

• They called the Iberian Peninsula IBERIA.

• They invented the Olympic games.

• They invented coins.

• They wrote lots of book about science.

• They made beautiful buildings and sculptures.

THE ROMANS

• They called the Iberian Peninsula HISPANIA.

• They invented a language called Latin.

• They made roads and aqueducts.

• They establish the Roman Empire, a very big empire.

5.- MIDDLE AGES CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS People are: Kings, nobles, soldiers, servants, monks or priests. Most people lived in villages. People built cathedrals and castles. Most people are poor and worked the land. AL-ANDALUS Christians and Muslims lived together. There were artisans and merchants. There were more towns and cities. People built mosques and palaces. In 1492 the Christians conquered Granada,the last Muslim Kingdom. This was the end of the Reconquista and the end of the Middle Ages. 6.-THE EARLY MODERN HISTORY Started in 1492 when Columbus discovered America. Other explorers discovered many places. Printing press was invented.  - Shakespeare and Cervantes lived in this period. Golden Age for Spain. It had a big empire and great artists. In 1789 there was a revolution in France. People decided they didn’t want kings or queens anymore. That was the end of the Early Modern History. 7.- MODERN HISTORY 19th CENTURY Steam trains were invented. Rich people had factories with machines. Poor people worked in the factories Rich children went to school and poor children worked in the factory. 20th CENTURY Ordinary people’s lives were better: Washing machines, cooking, cars, planes... Ordinary people has easy access to doctors and education.