Cradles of Civilization

Study Developing Civilization using Online Video

Use these 4 online educational video titles to follow the remarkable story of human advancement, from the primitive Dawn Stone Age to the rise and fall of the magnificent Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. Discover how favorable climatic and geographic conditions aided humankind's stunningly swift advance. Trace the technical and cultural breakthroughs that made the flowering of ancient civilizations possible.

Learning Objectives:

• Survey the important developments that occurred in Western Europe during the Stone Age, including the discovery of fire; the invention of the wheel and tools made from flint and bone; the creation of a spoken language; farming and the domestication of animals; and the formation of tribes and the construction of villages.
• Identify the major achievements of the ancient Egyptian civilization, including the construction of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid; the use of hieroglyphics as a form of picture-writing; and the organization of a government led by pharaohs.
• Name the two rivers that border Mesopotamia, or the Fertile Crescent, and survey the major achievements of the various ancient peoples who inhabited Mesopotamia, including the Babylonians, Phoenicians, Assyrians, and Persians.

• History > Elementary World History > Cradles Of Civilization
• Western Europe in the Old Stone Age (Runtime: 05:47)
• Western Europe in the New Stone Age (Runtime: 08:12)
• The Gift of the Nile (Runtime: 08:12)
• The Fertile Crescent (Runtime: 09:32)