1. The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Age) 2 million BC-10,000 BC
Earliest period of human history
Descendants migrated out of Africa and throughout the rest of the world
The Old Stone Age people were hunters and gatherers who followed their food supply.

2. Around 10,000 B.C.E, Paleolithic people stopped moving and settled into farming communities.
WHY?

3. What changed during the Neolithic Period?
Dependency on Natural Resources *Before: Moved with their food supply *After: Water and good soil for crops
Government *Before: Families (male ruled) evolutionary, from family to village to city. *After: Chief with council.
Economy *Before: No real economy *After: Barter system
Technology *Before: Stone tools After: Farming, baking and firing pottery, specialized tools, bronze tools and weapons

4. What are the characteristics of the Neolithic Age?
Farming began
settled into permanent villages
New skills & tools
Pottery
Bronze tools & weapons
Domesticated animals
Dog as helper/companion
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Cattle, goats sheep pigs
Selective breeding
Food, fertilizer, clothing

5. How did life change during the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution?
More reliable food supply-less varied
Population growth
Division of Labor
Job specialization
Personal property
Conflict?
Cooperation?

6. What did the first Neolithic communities look like?

7. Jericho 8,000 BCE Palestine 10 acre settlement-mud houses
Several thousand people
Massive stone wall- defense
12 feet tall and 6 feet thick

8. Catal Huyuk 7,000-5,000 BCE Turkey
32 acres-mud houses-elaborately decorated
No defensive wall-but outer houses had no windows facing outside- effective barrier
Long distance trade and fine arts and crafts- religious artifacts