1. Cause & Effects of the Neolithic Agricultural RevolutionOr
Why bread is cheaper than
beef jerky.

2. Paleolithic Modern humans appear about 250,000 B.C.
Lived in small bands of nomadic hunters & gatherers
Developments:
Simple stone tools & weapons
Spoken Language
Use of fire
Belief in afterlife
Burial of dead
Creation of cave paintings

3. Neolithic Agriculture Revolution 9000 B.C.
Farming replaces hunting
& gathering as a means
of producing food.
Neolithic peoples
domesticate plants
& animals
Food gathering women
notice that seeds grow
into new plants.

4. with plentiful rainfall & fertile soil to establish farms.
People look for areas
with plentiful rainfall &
fertile soil to establish
farms.
Farming peoples
begin settling in river
valleys like the Nile,
Indus, & Huang He.
People abandon
nomadic ways of life
& establish permanent
villages
-Acquire more possessions
-Develop new technologies
Calendar, plow, loom, pottery
-Growth in population
Farmers grow more
food than they need to
feed their families

5. some to abandon farming in order to specialize in a specific craft
Farmers barter
surplus food for
goods made by
artisans
Food surpluses allow
some to abandon farming in order to specialize in a specific craft
Beginnings of trade
networks
Societies compete for valuable land & water resources
Increased interaction
between communities
Women lose status
to male warriors who can protect them & their children
Leaders with armies
emerge who force
those with no power
to do the hard jobs
Increased warfare

6. Civilization