Transcript Slide 1
Paleolithic Age
Means
“Old
Stone”
2.4 million yrs
-> 8,000 B.C.
Way of Life
Nomads
Moving place to place
– To find food
– Bands of 30+ for safety
Men
Hunters
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Mammoths
Bison
Fish
Insects
Made tools
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Clubs
Spears
Traps
Bows and arrows
Women
Gatherers
– Berries, nuts, grains
– Stayed close to camp
Watched children
Adapting to Environment
Warm climate
– Little clothing
– Little shelter
Cold climate
– Cave dwellings
– Made tents
– Animal Fur
FIRE
Learned to build fires
– Rubbed sticks together
Lit darkness
Scared wild animals
Cooked food!
Smoked meat to last
longer.
Key to surviving ICE
AGE
Language
First development of
spoken language.
Art
Cave
paintings
Crushed
colored rocks
for powder
Religious
meaning
For good luck
on the hunt
Technology
First to use
technology
Made tools of stone,
wood, bones
Including
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Food choppers
Meat scrapers
Spear points
Fish hooks
Needles
When?
After ICE AGE ended
8,000 – 4,000 BC
THE FARMING REVOLUTION
Domesticated
animals
– Wool
– Labor
– Food
Grew crops
Stayed in 1 location
Men
Herded animals
Farmed
Protected Village
Women
Cared for children
House-hold tasks
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Pottery
Carved objects
Build shelters and
tombs
Buildings
Mud/brick houses
Places of worship
VILLAGES
Europe
India
Egypt
China
Mexico
Earliest found in Middle East – Jericho
(modern day Israel/Jordan)
POPULATION
Population boom
Began trade specialization (JOBS)
– Pottery makers
– Cloth weavers
– Tool makers
– FIRST BUSINESSES
THE BRONZE AGE
Tools from metal
Heated rocks to melt
metal and poured into
molds