The Agricultural Revolution
Mesolithic (c B.C.) ► “Middle Stone” age ► Herding animals ► Domesticated animals (for food, wool, transportation) ► Nomads ► Realized they could grow their own food
Neolithic (8000 B.C B.C.) ► “New Stone” age ► Farming begins “agricultural revolution” ► Villages are built (Jericho, Catal Huyuk)
Neolithic (8000 B.C B.C.) ► More people are fed higher population unclean spread of disease ► However, farming improves lives of people
Neolithic (8000 B.C B.C.) ► Food surplus free time to do other things: specialization (development of different kinds of jobs) make things trade
Neolithic (8000 B.C B.C.) ► Otzi “The Ice Man” found in the Otztal Alps (between Austria and Italy) ► Lived about 5,300 years ago
Bronze Age (After 4000 B.C B.C.) ► People make new metal: copper + tin = bronze ► Harder and longer lasting metal than copper ► Widely used