Despite all our technology, we still depend on growing & storing food. Things developed by neolithic era humans.

 Earliest humans were NOMADS  Nomads travelled from place to place seeking food & shelter  Sometimes called hunters/gatherers

 Systematic agriculture – people make the connection between seeds and plants & begin to grow crops  Domestication – people begin to adapt certain animals to human use

AgricultureDomestication  Middle East (wheat & barley)  Asia (rice)  Americas (maize & beans)  Dogs  Cattle  Horses  Sheep  Pigs  Llamas  Elephants  Water buffaloes

 More permanent settlements (cities)  Growth of culture (religion, writing, art)  Development of government & economy  Surplus food  Division of labor  Growth of trade  Quickened pace of technological change

 River valleys (Why?)  Advanced knowledge  Farming  Trade  Art/architecture  Science/technology  Highly organized  Cities  Government  Shared culture (religion, writing, art, etc.)