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Early Peoples through the Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 1 Sections 1 & 2
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A Brief Introduction
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Pre-History Before Writing
Things DID happen – we just don’t have any written record of them.
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The Stone Age…
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The Real Stone Age Why is it called “the stone age”?
Their tools were made of… STONE Divided into two major parts: Old Stone Age = Paleolithic Age New Stone Age = Neolithic Age
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Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age)
2,500,000 to 8,000 BCE Hunters-Gatherers: People who found all their food. Nomads: People without a permanent home; in constant migration following food source. Existence of modern humans and Neanderthals overlapped
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What caused the human migration from Africa throughout the globe?
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Agricultural revolution
What Changed? Someone, somewhere realized plants grow from seeds.. Use the seeds and you can CHOOSE where the plants grow! Agricultural revolution
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Agricultural Revolution
Agriculture = Farming But… how can I have a permanent plant food source but still hunt for meat? People also domesticated animals Now they can stay in one, permanent location
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Neolithic Era (New Stone Age)
8,000 – 3,000 BCE Permanent settlements Agriculture Animal domestication Modern humans become only hominids on Earth.
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Pros and Cons of a Settled (Permanent) Community
Common culture Mutual Protection Near farms Grain and seed storage Cons Disease spreads more quickly among a dense population More vulnerable to raiders and thieves Suffer from natural disasters (drought, fire, floods)
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