Western Civilization 101David Clayton, Instructor
Lesson 01: Beginnings of Civilization
Small clans following animals
Cave paintings: rituals for good hunts
Animals now extinct
Men: hunters/ Women:gatherers
Domestication of animals
Sense of property: ownership of crops,
land and water rights, inheritance
Neolithic/ New Stone Age
Purposes of human sacrifices
Ancient Animal Sacrifice remains
Ox-plow revolutionized agriculture
Priest Specialized Economic Class
Specialized Classes
Mesopotamia: Egypt