ASIAN STUDIES

(SSE 105)

PAMELA L. KHO
INSTRUCTOR
 Creationism- Life comes from a
supreme being, the creator of all things,
CHAPTER 2: God. ​
EVOLUTION
OF EARLY
MAN IN ASIA

Creationism is the religious belief that

nature, and aspects such as the universe,
Earth, life and humans, originated with
supernatural acts of divine creation.
 EVOLUTIONISM

Evolution is the change in the

characteristics of a species over
Used to denote the theory of several generations and relies on
evolution. Its exact meaning has the process of natural selection.
changed over time as the study The theory of evolution is based
of evolution has progressed. on the idea that all species are
related and gradually change over
time.
Theory of Special
Creation
• Carolus Linnaeuos

Theory of
Evolution
• Jean Baptiste Lamarck
• Charles Darwin
EVOLUTION OF HUMAN
 PREHISTORIC PERIOD

• Old Stone Age (Paleolithic)- The Paleolithic period is the first phase
of the Stone Age. This period started the creation and use of crude
stone tools which are the most primitive among the three periods.
The word "Palaeolithic" is derived from the Greek
words palaios (old) and lithos(stone) to collectively mean "old stone
age."
• New Stone Age (Neolithic)- The word "Neolithic" was derived from
the Ancient Greek words neos (new) and lithos (stone) that
collective translates to "new stone age. “
 Southwest Asia often called Middle East

Southwest Asia is bordered by the

CHAPTER 3: Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, southern
Europe, northeastern Africa, the Red Sea, the
SOUTHWEST Arabian Sea, Black Sea, and mainland Asia.

ASIA AND ITS

C I V I L I Z AT I O N
THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

CLIMATE the majority of Southwest Asia

has an arid (desert) climate.
 The Greeks termed this
Tigris and Euphrates
area The fertile
river valleys.
crescent/Mesopotamia

BIRTH OF
CIVILIZATION
Sumerians,
Babylonians, Hittites,
Farming
Assyrians, Chaldeans
and Persians
 SUMERIANS 5000 B.C-2330 B.C

• Cuneiform
Sumerians • Astronomy
Contributions to • Arithmetic
Civilization • Agriculture
• Arches
 AKKADIANS 2340-
2200B.C.E.
• Akkadians Contributions to
Civilization
 “Lost wax”
 Spearman formations and shield
walls
 People began to use the language
that the Sumerians had previously
used
 New form of calligraphy which they
put on clay tablets
B A B Y LON IA N S 1792 B .C -1155 B .C

Babylonians
Contributions
to Civilization

Hammurabi’s
282 laws Astrology
Code
 Hittites Contributions
HITTITES to Civilization
1600 B.C- • Iron
1200 B.C • Cuneiform writings in clay
envelopes
• Raid of Mursilis in 1595
 Assyrians
Contributions to
ASSYRIANS
Civilization
1300’S B.C-
612 B.C
• 1st people to set up an
effective system for
governing an empire.
• A great library was built in
the capital city of Nineveh.
 • Hanging
Gardens
CHALDEANS Chaldeans • Accurate
612 B.C-539 Contributions to
observations of
Civilization
B.C
the sun, moon,
planets & stars.
 PERSIANS 539 B.C-331 B.C

• A well-organized government
• Satrap (governor)
Persians • Roads were built
Contributions • Conquered peoples were allowed to keep their religion, laws
and local customs.
to Civilization • Cultural diffusion
• The Persian accepted the teachings of the Prophet Zoroaster
 CONFUCIANISM
CHAPTER 4:
C I V I L I Z AT I O N S
IN EAST ASIA

TAOISM
 1. Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 BC) 10. Song Dynasty
(960-1279)
2. Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1050 BC) 11. Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)

3. Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046-256 BC) 12. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

4. Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) 13. Qing Dynasty
POLITICAL (1644-1912)
INSTITUTIONS 5. Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 AD)

6. Six Dynasties Period (220-589)

7. Sui Dynasty (581-618)

8. Tang Dynasty (618-906)

9. Five Dynasties Period, Ten Kingdoms (907-960)