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Prehistory Divided into eras based on technological capabilities: –Stone Age 2.5million-5,000years ago Paleolithic means OLD Mesolithic means MIDDLE

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Prehistory

• Divided into eras based on technological capabilities:– Stone Age 2.5million-5,000years ago

• Paleolithic means OLD

• Mesolithic means MIDDLE

• Neolithic means NEW

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Introduction to human history• Ice Age ended about 17,000 years ago

– Left warmer temperatures– Higher ocean levels– Grasslands and forests

• Human population doubled by 5000 BCE– World population up to 100 million by 1000 BCE

• Food was key to the population increase– Food was sustained and stored– Domestication of plants and animals

• Agricultural Revolution (8000 BCE): Event over time leading to great change in how life was lived or perceived– Scientists do not know exactly why the agricultural revolution occurred during this

period– A rich supply of grain helped support a small population boom– As populations slowly rose, hunter-gatherers felt pressure to find new food sources– In this case, Agricultural Revolution drastically influenced growth of population,

and subsequently, civilizations

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Scientists believe that life began on the continent of Africa 3.6 million years ago……

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Cro-Magnon man -early Homo sapiens (the species to which

modern humans belong) that lived

about 40,000 years ago.

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Out of Africa Theory

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• The Old Stone Age or the Paleolithic Era, was a period of time that lasted until about 12,000 to 70,000 years ago.

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•Man survived by hunting animals and gathering roots, berries,

leaves, and seeds.

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•Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era) people eventually began to hunt in groups.

•These antlers may have been used as a disguise during the hunt.

•Cave Art showing men hunting in groups

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•Man used stone, wood,

and bone tools to survive

during the Old Stone Age.

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Bow found in Denmark

Bone Harpoon

Hand AxeFlint Blades used to sharpen tools

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There was another important development – the discovery of fire

•There was another important development – the discovery of

fire.

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Many Stone Age people were Nomads, or people who had no settled home.

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• The New Stone Age or The Neolithic Era lasted until about 6,000 to 12,000 years ago.

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• During the Neolithic

Era, people began to

settle in one place.

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• Man began to change his diet and eat grains and small animals and

manipulate the environment around him.

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• Agriculture is the raising of crops and animals.

• The development of agriculture began over a long period of time and in more than one place.

• People no longer needed to travel great distances to gather food.

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• People learned how to domesticate plants and animals.

• To domesticate means to train something to be useful to people.

• Early people learned to care for plants such as wheat, barley, peas, and lentils.

• The first farmers also domesticated wild goats, cattle, and sheep (pastoralism)

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• Man domesticated wild wheat.•Ancient charred wheat grains are

shown in the picture above.

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• Thousands of years ago, an ear of corn did not make much of a meal. (top)

• It took thousands of years of careful breeding for ears of corn to reach their present size. (bottom)

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• People still used stone, bone, and wooden tools, but some new tools were added by using copper and bronze.

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•These early farming tools date back to around 8,000 years ago. The axe, bottom, was used for clearing; flint sickles,

left, were used for harvesting cereal crops; a flat rock and rounded stone, center, were used for grinding flour; and perforated clay slabs, upper right, were probably used to

ventilate bread ovens.

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Independent Innovation & Cultural Diffusion

• Independent innovation and cultural diffusion led to adoption of agriculture around the world

• As societies increased the domestication of animals and plants, techniques were borrowed and handed on

• Seeds and crops were also exchanged, increasing what was grown and traded

• Agricultural Advantages:– Surplus of food meant more dependable supply– More dependable supply meant greater population growth– Population growth led to social stratification as societies became more

sedentary– Specialization of labor and private property are natural results of settled

lifestyles– Specialization of labor led to more complex and hierarchical social

structures

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Civilizations…• Agriculture required greater effort and organization so long-lasting settlements

formed• Early societies grew into civilizations

– Civilizations were result of # of factors:• Permanence of population• Agricultural stability• Innovation

• Cities grew out of cultural sophistication and social complexity– A city is more than a large group of people living together.

• The size of the population alone does not distinguish a village from a city– Cities have specialized workers/artisans – Cities have complex institutions– Some people became responsible for record keeping– Technological innovations

– Cities offered:• Protection and defense• Points of trade and economic activity• Centers of political leadership• Enabled exchange of ideas, information, values and religious beliefs