1. The Stone Age

2. Paleolithic = Old Stone Age 2,000,000 BCE Economy o hunters and gatherers o nomadic – moved from place to place following game animals and ripening fruit

3. Paleolithic Developments o simple tools and weapons o spoken language o use of fire o burial of dead o belief in afterlife o creation of cave paintings

4. Paleolithic Art Chinese HorseFrench Horse

5. Lascaux Cave ~ 15,000 BCE

6. Neolithic = New Stone Age 10,000 BCE Economy o farmers o live in permanent villages o use of domesticated animals Catal Huyuk (Turkey) 6500 BCE

7. Neolithic Developments o population growth o community interaction o decline in the status of women o personal possessions o development of calendar Skara Brae (Scotland) 3180 BCE

8. Early Religion Mother Goddess Figurine Religion was developed to explain natural and personal events.

9. Archaeology The study of past people and cultures through the examination of their material remains.

10. Anthropology The study of the origins of human life or the variety of human cultures. Geography The study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them.

11. Prehistory The time before writing systems were developed. History The study of how people lived in the past with a reliance on written evidence, rather than artifacts (objects made by people).

12. Time BC – before Christ = BCE – before common era AD – anno Domini = CE – common era Year 2000 = 1371 – Muslim calendar 4637 – Chinese calendar (years correlate to animals) 5761 – Hebrew calendar 2000 BCE - 1000 BCE - 500 BCE - 1 - 500 CE - 1000 CE - 2000 CE