1. The study of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age
Early Cultures
The study of the
Paleolithic and Neolithic Age
Throughout the lesson you will see the abbreviations BC and AD, what do these abbreviations stand for?

2. Definitions What is the paleolithic age?
Paleolithic age is also known as the Stone Age. This period occurred over 20,000 years ago. It begins with the earliest human-like behaviors of crude stone tool manufacture, and ends with fully modern human hunting and gathering societies.
What is the neolithic age?
The neolithic age followed the Paleolithic period. During the neolithic period people used stone tools, domesticated plants and animals, and lived in villages.

3. Ancient Life of the Stone Age
Read & discuss link into the pictures

4. Lascaux Video

5. Where is the Lascaux Cave?

6. A map of Lascaux Cave

7. What is the Stonehenge of England?
The Stonehenge is an ancient ruin in southwestern England, it is created of huge, rough-cut stones set in a circle.
Another example of ancient ruins

8. Stonehenge

9. Where is the Stonehenge of England?

10. A map of the Stonehenge of England.

11. The Land Between the Rivers
Mesopotamia
The Land Between the Rivers

12. Mesopotamia The Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent is a region of the Middle East arching across the northern part of the Syrian Desert and extending from the Nile Valley to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The civilizations of Egypt, Phoenicia, Assyria, and Babylonia developed in this area, which was also the site of numerous migrations and invasions.

13. Mesopotamia

14. A Map of the Fertile Crescent
In review of the green section it is considered to resemble the crescent shape. Describe the crescent shape.

15. The History of Mesopotamia
There are four historical Periods of Mesopotamia
a.) Sumerian
b.) Akkadian
c.) Babylonian
d.) Assyrian Chaldean

16. Sumerian Period

17. Semitic Language
The language from this time period

18. Babylon/Babylonian

19. Assyrian Chalden
After reading about the four areas and time periods what have you noticed?

20. Hammurabi’s Code