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The Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras
AP World HistoryChapter One
Ms. Tully
The Emergence of Humankind
• Hominids – 2-2.5 mil years – Eastern & Southern Africa Bipedalism
• Larger brains – Tools – Meat
• Homo Erectus• Homo Sapiens –
250,000 years ago Modern Humans
• Uniqueness of humans pros and cons?
The Paleolithic Era (2.5 Million BCE – 10,000 BCE)
• Hunting & foraging societies
• Development of belief systems & culture
• Development of technology
• Peopling of the Earth
1. Where did the human species originate from?
2. In what part of the world are the most “sites” of humans?
The Spread of Human Populations
The Beginning of Agriculture and the Neolithic Revolution
• End of the Ice Age• Domestication of
plants and animals• New way of
interacting with the environment
• New mutual dependence
• Slow “revolution”
Consequences of the Neolithic Revolution
• Permanent settlements & population growth
• Greater wealth specializations
• New technologies Iron & Bronze Ages
• Environmental transformations
• Beginning of inequality
• Globalization of Agriculture diffusion & colonization
1. Where are the core areas of agriculture?2. Where did specialty agriculture originate from?
The Spread of Agriculture
Catal Huyuk
• Neolithic settlement in Anatolia
• Irrigation & defense villages
• Larger village w/ connected homes
Defining Civilization
• Civilization Based on Latin term for city
• Economic surpluses
• Division of labor• Social hierarchy
social inequalities
Defining Civilization
• Formal political organization
• Continued technological development
• Writing, intellectual thought, artistic expression
Does the history of civilizations include everyone?
Is “civilization” a synonym for “good”? Have civilizations been beneficial to
humans and/or the environment?
Mesopotamia – The Birth of Civilization
• “Land Between the Rivers” Fertile Crescent
• By 4000 BCE wheel, bronze & copper metallurgy
• By 3500 BCE Sumerians developed cuneiform (writing)
Mesopotamia – The Birth of Civilization
• Ziggurats massive towers Ishtar
• Organized by city-states Babylon, Ur, Uruk
• Sumerians Akkadians Babylonians
Egyptian Civilization – The Gift of the Nile
• Developed along Nile River ca. 3000 BCE
• Unified state under at pharaoh
• Dynasty rule Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
Egyptian Civilization – The Gift of the Nile
• 3 distinct social classes
• Polytheistic belief system with emphasis on afterlife
• Writing system Hieroglyphics & cursive script
• Success in mathematics & science
Indus River Valley Civilization
• Two large cities by 2500 BCE Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
• Evidence of strong ruling class
• Major trading centers• Conservative and
resistant to innovations• Demise of Harappa
environmental changes, administrative decline, nomadic migrations
Early Civilization in China
• Civilization developed along Yellow River by 3000 BCE Xia Dynasty
• 1500 BCE Shang established kingdom
• Divine monarch w/ feudal system
• Emphasis on shamans/oracles led to writing
New Societies in the Middle East
• River Valley Civs in decline by 1200 BCE
• Phoenicians Levant, 1300 BCE
• Jews Levant, 1200 BCE