Post on 28-Dec-2015
The Paleolithic Period 2.5 Million BCE to 12000 BCE ish
(Before the Common Era)
• Humans migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, & the Americas
• Used fire in new ways• Used wider range of tools • Humans were hunter – gatherers
– (1 square mile needed to support two people• Economic structures focused on kinship
groups (family and clan)
Due Tomorrow: Read the “Iceman” article by Leon Jaroff –from my website-- & write responses
to the following questions in your notebook.
1. Who wrote the source? When? Who is the intended audience?
2. What are the beliefs about early man that the Iceman changed?
3. What is the main idea or thesis of this article? 4. Jaroff gives some explanations for the tattoos
on the prehistoric man. What are several other possible explanations for the tattoos purpose or location?
5. Give characteristics or elements of this article that make the article seem reliable as a source.
Mesoamerica
Andes Amazonia
Eastern North America
New Guinea
China
Ethiopia
WestAfrica
Fertile Crescent
In response to warming climates, from about 10,000 years ago, SETTLED AGRICULTURE
appeared in a number of places..
Nile valley
Settled Agriculture led to what is called
the Neolithic Revolution • Neolithic Revolution is the period known
for changes in human societies caused by agriculture and pastoralism (herding of animals)
The Neolithic Revolution transformed societies
Changes to the environment
Increased population
More complex economies and social systems
• Patriarchy & forced labor systems• Specialization of labor (including artisans &
warriors)• More hierarchical social structures (elites and
commoners)
- Improvements in agricultural production, trade, & transportation
Wheeled vehicles
Pottery
Plows
Woven textilesMetallurgy
Domestication of Plants and Animals
Farming
Surplus Food SpecializationPopulation
Intensification
Complex Society,also known asCIVILIZATION
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Elements of civilization include:
Mohenjo Daro
Hammurabi’sLaw Code
It’s thelaw
Pharaohs
1) Cities
2) Central governments And Law codes
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1) Cities
2) Central governments and law codes
Elements of Civilization include:
Can you identify the societyrepresented
by each of these two writing samples?
3) Writing and record
keeping
4) Highly organized religions
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3) Writing and record keeping
4) Highly organized religion
5) Specialized Jobs
Full-time monk
Assyrian slavesIn Egypt
6) Social Classes
1) Cities
2) Central Governments and law codes
Elements of Civilization include:
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7) Complex Technologies
Chariot5) Specialized jobs
6) Social classes
Bronze Sword
3) Writing and record keeping
4) Highly organized religion
1) Cities
2) Central governments and law codes
Elements of Civilization include:
Is civilization more “civilized”?
Agricultural settlements led to achievements, but also. . .
• Population increases• Stronger Patriarchy & Slavery• Rigid social classes• War• Increased dependence on agriculture