2. Any ideas how?

3. Old Stone Age That old pale stone

4. Were generally nomads or wandered from place to place in search of food. How did they get their food? Hunter/gatherers They lived in clans or tribes Had oral language Technology: digging tools, knives, needles, harpoons, etc.

5. The ability to use FIRE! Any idea why this is so important?

8. From: Fertile Crescent To: All Continents -except Antartica

9. Shift from food gathering to food production

11. Slash and Burn Farming: cut trees and grasses and burn to clear field, next year move on to a new location Domestication: taming animals by farms and pastoral nomads (cattle ranchers) Irrigation: diversion of water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches

12. Jarmo (in Iraq) Zargos Mtns have good environmental conditions for wild grains and animals Discovered by Robert Braidwood

13. on population… on jobs… on nomadic way of life…

14. Places near water. Why?

15. Advantages Cultural development Food surplus Protection Religion Access to goods Easy Travel Brings animals Disadvantages Flood Fire Natural disasters Disease Easy for enemies to reach you Brings animals

16. Jericho Allepo Ur Nippur

17. Cities Large population Trade center Job specialization You do one job Artisan Institutions Government Religion economy Record Keeping Tracks laws, debts, payments, etc Writing needed Scribes Cuneiform Advanced Technology arts and architecture, public works, bronze

18. Changes in Physical Environment Weather Changes. Floods and other natural catastrophes. Interaction With People War Building of City- States Empire building Trade