1. The birth of agriculture
Sedentary Life
The birth of agriculture

2. Nomadism/Nomadic: Tribes which constantly move to follow prey animals
Sedentarization / Sedentary: Permanent settlements in a territory
Fertile Crescent: are of the middle east where agriculture was born
Society: An organized group of people who have been settled in an area for a long time and established long lasting relationships among them
Social Hierarchy: ranking members of society based on their power
Artisans: a person who makes things with their hands and are self employed
Barter trading one product for another
Currency: a system of money
Vocabulary

3. Paleolithic Age Tribes were nomadic and adapted to their environment
Lived in small families as they could not support large groups
Gradually they learned farming and created new social structures (social hierarchy)
Farming emerges around BCE in the fertile crescent and allows Sedentarization
Paleolithic Age

4. Fertile Crescent

5. During this period the communities that settled develop new agricultural tools and techniques
These new agricultural tools(seen on page 12 of your text) allow for a greater yield of food so that humans can live in greater numbers
During this time they also learned to use metal to make stronger tools, weave baskets and to weave wool for clothes
Neolithic Age

6. As the communities grew they organized themselves into societies
As the communities grew they organized themselves into societies. These societies formed the first cities.
Cities allowed for the gathering of people and sharing the means of survival such as food and skills
Cities were also encouraged people to live together as they could be defended from invaders
First Cities

7. First Economies Most people were farmers
Since they had new technics of growing food not everyone was needed to farm
this led to some people specializing in other kinds of work i.e. Weavers of blacksmiths
These artisans lived in the cities and traded their services to farmers for food
At first societies would us barter but as they grew they would invent currency
First Economies