Lesson 2: Basic History

1. Prehistory

1.1. Paleolithic Era

1.1.1. Focus on food and survival

1.1.2. Little Geography

1.2. Neolithic Era

1.2.1. Farming + Reliable food sources

1.2.2. Beginnings of basic cartography

2. Early Geographers

2.1. Greece

2.1.1. Aristotle

2.1.1.1. saw earth as a sphere, not flat

2.1.2. Eratosthenes

2.1.2.1. measured circumference of the earth

2.2. Rome

2.2.1. Ptolemy

2.2.1.1. created many maps

2.2.1.2. works were important and influential to later geographers

3. Middle Ages

3.1. Ptolemy's maps referenced and used to create new ones

3.2. Silk Road

3.2.1. opened up trade from Europe to China

3.2.2. maps were needed

3.3. European civilization was broken

3.4. flourishing Middle East and Arab Countries

3.4.1. Ibn Khaldun

3.4.1.1. mapped out the Silk Raod

4. Age of Exploration

4.1. America (The New World)

4.1.1. discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus

4.2. Printing Press

4.2.1. Maps to illustrate journeys around the world

4.2.2. helped spread knowledge