any ideas how? old stone age that old pale stone
TRANSCRIPT
Any ideas how?
Humans Try to Control Nature
Old Stone Age
That old pale stone
Paleolithic Age
Were generally nomads or wandered from place to place in search of food.How did they get their food?
Hunter/gatherersThey lived in clans or tribesHad oral languageTechnology: digging tools, knives, needles,
harpoons, etc.
Humans before written records
The ability to use FIRE!
Any idea why this is so important?
What was the greatest achievement of the Paleolithic Era?
Cave Art
Stonehenge
Human Movement
Ice
Bri
dge
From: Fertile CrescentTo: All Continents -except Antartica
Shift from food gathering to food production
Neolithic Revolution
Can you think of any reasons for this?
Slash and Burn Farming: cut trees and grasses and burn to clear field, next year move on to a new location
Domestication: taming animals by farms and pastoral nomads (cattle ranchers)
Irrigation: diversion of water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches
Methods used for food production
Jarmo (in Iraq) Zargos Mtns have good environmental
conditions for wild grains and animalsDiscovered by Robert Braidwood
Birthplace of Agriculture
on population…on jobs…on nomadic way of life…
Results of Agriculture
Can you think of any ideal locations to start a village?Places near water. Why?
What are the advantages and disadvantages to living in a village?AdvantagesCultural developmentFood surplusProtectionReligionAccess to goodsEasy TravelBrings animals
DisadvantagesFloodFireNatural disastersDiseaseEasy for enemies to
reach youBrings animals
Earliest Cities
Jericho
Allepo
Ur
Nippur
Five Factors Common to CivilizationWhy is each important?
CitiesLarge populationTrade center
Job specializationYou do one jobArtisan
InstitutionsGovernmentReligioneconomy
Record KeepingTracks laws, debts,
payments, etcWriting neededScribesCuneiform
Advanced Technologyarts and architecture, public works, bronze
Reasons Civilizations ChangeChanges in
Physical EnvironmentWeather
Changes.Floods and
other natural catastrophes.
Interaction With PeopleWarBuilding of
City-StatesEmpire
buildingTrade