1. The Neolithic Age

4. From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers
The Most Important Change in Human History

5. The Stone Age
Stone Age: named because of the types of tools used by people
Paleolithic Age: Old Stone Age
Neolithic Age: New Stone Age

6. From Old to New Stone Age
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
3000 B.C.E
2 million B.C.E
8000 B.C.E
Discovery of
Agriculture
Tools & Weapons
made of stone
Tools & Weapons
made of metal

7. Creating a Stable Food Supply
Hunters & Gatherers
Farmers
Domesticate animals for food
Plant crops
Lived in permanent shelters
Stable lifestyle
Hunt wild animals
Gather nuts, berries, & other plants
Lived out in the open
Nomadic lifestyle
Agriculture = growing crops & domesticating animals

8. Permanent Shelter New ways of cooking Ability to form villages
Protection from weather
Protection from wild animals
More comfortable
Ability to form villages
New ways of cooking

9. Establishing Communities
Farming allowed people to settle down near their farms
This created early towns and villages
Ability to divide work and work together
Shared defense

11. Developing New Jobs
Farmers
Weavers
Tool Makers
Traders
Builders

12. Beginning to Trade
Trade = the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
Traders traveled hundreds of miles to find what they needed
Trade allowed people to make use of more resources and brought them into contact with new people from distant places
This helped spread ideas around the ancient world

13. Summary Farming changed peoples lives Stable food supply
Permanent shelters and communities
New jobs and trade