The birth of agriculture Sedentary Life The birth of agriculture

Nomadism/Nomadic: Tribes which constantly move to follow prey animals Sedentarization / Sedentary: Permanent settlements in a territory Fertile Crescent: are of the middle east where agriculture was born Society: An organized group of people who have been settled in an area for a long time and established long lasting relationships among them Social Hierarchy: ranking members of society based on their power Artisans: a person who makes things with their hands and are self employed Barter trading one product for another Currency: a system of money Vocabulary

Paleolithic Age Tribes were nomadic and adapted to their environment Lived in small families as they could not support large groups Gradually they learned farming and created new social structures (social hierarchy) Farming emerges around 10000 BCE in the fertile crescent and allows Sedentarization Paleolithic Age

Fertile Crescent

During this period the communities that settled develop new agricultural tools and techniques These new agricultural tools(seen on page 12 of your text) allow for a greater yield of food so that humans can live in greater numbers During this time they also learned to use metal to make stronger tools, weave baskets and to weave wool for clothes Neolithic Age

As the communities grew they organized themselves into societies As the communities grew they organized themselves into societies. These societies formed the first cities. Cities allowed for the gathering of people and sharing the means of survival such as food and skills Cities were also encouraged people to live together as they could be defended from invaders First Cities

First Economies Most people were farmers Since they had new technics of growing food not everyone was needed to farm this led to some people specializing in other kinds of work i.e. Weavers of blacksmiths These artisans lived in the cities and traded their services to farmers for food At first societies would us barter but as they grew they would invent currency First Economies