Prehistory Paleolithic Age – Old Stone Age (Est. 2 mil BC-9000 BC)Paleolithic Age – Old Stone Age (Est. 2 mil BC-9000 BC) I.Hunters & Gatherers 1.Nomad: Moving from place to place in search for food. A.Men  hunted & fished. B.Woman  gathered fruits, nuts, etc. 4.Way of Life A.Cave paintings B.Stone tools & pottery C.Domesticated dogs IV.Neolithic Age – New Stone Age (9000 BC – 3000 BC) 1.Farming  Neolithic Revolution A.People could remain in one place. B.Herding of animals – goats, sheep & cattle. 3.Community – A.Council of Elders/Chief – made important decisions. B.Warrior class C.Kept possessions.

2 Neolithic Revolution

3 Alright, so what you’re saying is if I put this in the ground and then I put some water on it, something is going to grow? Ahh, you sure? Man, we didn’t always look like this, we didn’t have fire, couldn’t cook like this. We didn’t sleep with a pillow, lived in trees originally, so if you cried you would weep in a willow. But one monkey comes down; it’s cool, when he gets up on his hind legs, he can use tools. Might kill a bird or two, but that’s not happening much, instead he’s picking blueberries and he’s gathering nuts. 3

4 But what’s this? He’s making a stone knife, now he’s hunting antelope his whole life. But it’s a cold night; with no light it’s dark as cocoa, no home - that could drive a sane man loco. Picture this like Kodak: he roams, he’s a nomad, following herds of pachyderms wherever they go now. He rubs 2 sticks, makes a fire, now his meat and food is so easy to chew. This African man was mostly grunting, couldn’t think in our terms, he didn’t have words. So he makes a word for fire, a word for water, a word for his son and daughter. 4

5 He does another thing that no animal tries, he paints paintings on the cave wall; why? I don’t know by he’s an African, he’s an Ethiopian, and guess what kid, so are you.. Because he made babies, and they made babies, and they made babies, and they made a baby and that baby is you! Oh we ain’t got no homes, so all we gonna do is roam. We’re not Romans, but we’re nomadic, so you know we keep it going. Ok, I don’t even need a hand at all, I will bury the dead like a Neanderthal. I’m cool Herc meets Kirk, Your flow captain, 5

6 I throw spears like a Cro-Magnon. That’s the early man, he was going insane, tired of chasing animals across the plains. His wife’s picking berries and fruit from the trees, she’s like, “we could grow food if we plant these seeds.” Now she’s like, “this is sweet, my man, we eating bread from the wheat we plant. Those animals you hunt, let’s domesticate them, put a fence around, now we’re baking bacon.” We ira-irrigate, control water flowers, plow the land, plant the crops, and watch them grow. 6

7 Now my brother doesn’t even have to farm no more, The Bronze Age - he’s making Bronze arms and swords. Division of labor, that’s the plan, now my aunt can go and open that frozen yogurt stand. You better know, we trade it like Joe’s and settle down, like Jericho kid, we built the cities and towns. You better recognize. 7

8 What have you eaten today? Where did it come from?

Effects of Farming

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The Neolithic Revolution

Migration of Man

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