Transcript Slide 1

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