Chapter 2: Early People

Chapter 2: Early People By: Taylin M, Kelsie A

Hunters And GatherersThe hunters were usually men.They hunted large animals like wooly rhinoceroses, giant oxen, and elephant like mammoths and mastodons. They are now extinct Normally the women were gatherers.They gathered nuts, berries, and wild plants.

Farmers and HerdersHerders domesticated sheep, goats, and pigsLater on, the also domesticated cattle.There were nomadic herders.Farmers harvested barley and wheat.The farmers created plows to harvest easily.

Jericho, Catal Huyuk, UrJericho was built an oasis and built a large wall to keep out enemies and flood waters. Nomadic travelers would stop for waterCatal Huyuk was a mountain city and would trade obsidian. They built their houses out of sun dried mud bricks and would enter their houses through the roofUr had a ziggurat in the middle of the city with a temple on the top.Ur was also a city-state.

SummaryIt was hard for early people to live because they didnt have the technology that we have today. They had to event things atlatl and the plow. Before the plow they used sharp sticks, bones, shells, and rocks. They had to domesticate animals so they could get food, and help with work.Extra PicturesJericho Catal Huyuk Ur

Atlatl early plow

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