Transcript Pre-History to Rise of Civilizations Unit 1

Prehistory
to
the Rise of Civilizations
Objectives
After this lesson students will be able to:
 Describe
the methods scientists use
to uncover early human existence
 Define and identify the
characteristics of a Civilization
 Analyze the important developments
during the Paleolithic Age
 Analyze the impact of the Neolithic
Revolution
Vocabulary
Prehistory
 Archaeology
 Artifact
 Anthropology
 Hominid
 Homo Sapiens
 Civilization

Neolithic Age
 Paleolithic Age
 Nomad
 “Lucy”
 Louis B. Leakey
 Mary N. Leakey
 Donald Johanson
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What is Prehistory
 This
refers to a period of time before
people invented a system of writing
 Prehistoric people had no cities,
organized central governments, or
complex inventions
Early Human Life
Early Human Life
Anthropology is the study of the origins
and development of human society
 Archaeology- a branch of anthropology,
archaeologists study artifacts to draw
conclusion about the values, activities and
beliefs about our past.
 In 1959 Anthropologist Mary N. Leakey
and Louis B. Leakey found evidence of the
first hominids (humanlike primate) at
Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
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Early Human Life
 In
1959 Anthropologists Mary N.
Leakey and Louis B. Leakey found
evidence of the first hominids
(humanlike primate) at Olduvai
Gorge in Tanzania
Mary and Louis Leakey
Early Human Life Continued
 In
1974 Anthropologist Donald
Johanson found part of a hominid
skeleton in Ethiopia
 He named his find “Lucy”
Donald Johanson and “Lucy”
Spread of Homo Sapiens
 Look
at the map on the following
slide
 Think about the Leakey’s discovery
and also Donald Johanson’s
discovery- How does this map
support their findings?
Spread of Homo Sapiens Map
It shows the movement of Homo
Sapiens from their origins in Africa to
the rest of the world.
 It shows how the discoveries of the
Leakey’s and Johanson helped to
prove how Homo Sapiens spread
throughout the world
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Paleolithic Age
(Old Stone Age)
Paleolithic Age
2
million B.C. to 10,000 B. C.
 People lived in small hunting and
gathering groups of about 20 to 30
people
 They were nomads- moving from
place to place following game
animals and the ripening of different
fruits, nuts, grains, and vegetables
Tools
The word technology refers to the
ability of human beings to make
things that sustain them and give
them some control over their
environment. The technology
available at the beginning of
human history was quite simple.
It consisted primarily of the ability
to make stone tools.
Paleolithic Stone and Bone Tools
Paleolithic Age Continued
 They
developed simple tools and
spoken language.
 During the Ice Age huge glaciers
covered parts of Asia, Europe, and
North America. To be able to cope
with the cold they began to seek
shelter in caves, build fires and use
animal skins for clothing
Paleolithic Tribe
Neolithic Revolution
(New Stone Age)
Neolithic Age
 Neolithic
Revolution- Nomadic
Paleolithic people began to learn to
farm and domesticate animals
 This produced a surplus of food,
growth in populations, and the
settlement of people in one area
 This led to the growth of the first
Villages
Neolithic
early
villages
Neolithic Age
With a surplus of food and increased
population people began to specialize
in jobs
 Some of these jobs included
farmer, artesian, priest, rulers, and
warriors
 These small villages grew into the
first civilizations
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Growth of Civilizations
Features of a Civilization
 Organized
Governments
 Complex Religions
 Job Specializations
 Social Classes
 Arts and Architecture
 Public Works
 Writing
First Civilizations
 Catal
Huyuk- is an example of an
early civilization
 Catal Huyuk all of the features of a
civilization
 Catal Huyul is located in present-day
Turkey
Catal Huyuk
Representation of a Catal Huyuk Shrine room
Representations of the
inside of a house in
Catal Huyuk