1. What are features of the Paleolithic and Neolithic
Revolution?

2. Paleolithic Societies

3. Paleolithic - 2,000,000 B.C. – 10,000 B.C. *Old Stone Age *nomads
*hunters and gatherers
*earliest period
of human history

5. Village Life
NON-EXISTANT…
they wandered around
looking for food

6. Society *hunters and gatherers *homogenous *sparse population
*traveled in bans of
*organized by blood clans
*it was an egalitarian society –
equal for the most part

7. For your information…
*they buried their dead…
even used flowers

8. *cool clothes made of animal skins

9. Political
*no established government
*an informal military existed

10. Economics
*no surplus… except cattle

11. Religion Believed in: *magic *superstitions
*worshipped gods of storm and war
*fire was considered sacred too!

13. Science and technology
*simple, crude tools
and weapons made from
guess what….
STONE!!!
Also made from
bones and wood.

14. Neolithic Revolution -
10,000 B.C. – 3,200 B.C.
*Farming Revolution!
*New Stone Age

15. Village Life *settled, permanent communities
*developed along river valleys

16. clothes were now weaved in
Social Aspects
*large dense populations
*nuclear family emerges
*social classes – heterogeneous
society – this emerges because
of…
JOB SPECIALIZATION!
*ate grains
*textile production
clothes were now weaved in
some parts.

17. I have no idea who these people are!

18. Because people could stay
in one place,
they could accumulate
personal possessions.

19. Boy, I sure love my new pots and pans!

20. Political they were needed to support large populations
and
farming had to be coordinated
*tribal leaders –

21. Because they were good farmers, they had a SURPLUS of food!
Economic
Because they were good farmers,
they had a SURPLUS of food!
*there was now a respect for wealth

22. How might economic scarcity lead Fighting increased when
to WAR????
Fighting increased when
food was scarce!

23. This led to a new social class.
A WARRIOR CLASS
Men fought and improved their social
status.
Gone are the days of class
equality! Sorry ladies!

24. Central divinity – is generally an
Religion
Central divinity – is generally an
EARTH MOTHER
Water is sacred!

25. Science and Technology
*first calendars… this was how they
knew when to plant.
*invented the
wheel and plow
*architecture –
Stone Hedge

26. *domesticated animals… horses, camels, sheep, goats, dogs