1. November 8, 2018
Global History through Literacy Agenda:
DO NOW: Term Matching
NOTES #14: Who were the earliest people?
CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “Early Peoples and the Neolithic Revolution”

2. Who were the earliest people? Notes #14

3. The earliest people lived more than two million years ago, during the Paleolithic Age.

4. Archaeological studies suggest that the earliest people evolved in Africa’s Great Rift Valley.
Lucy 

5. During the Paleolithic Age, early people migrated to other areas of the world.

6. Early people moved frequently to search for food and were called hunters and gatherers.

7. By 10,000 B.C., early people learned how to domesticate animals and farm, no longer needing to search for food.

8. This resulted in the Neolithic Revolution: a period when early people changed from nomadic hunting to settled farming.

9. As a result of the Neolithic Revolution: more food became available, populations grew, cities rose, and civilizations developed.
Egypt
Sumer (Mesopotamia)