1. The Neolithic Revolution
Birth of Civilization

2. Essential Questions: How did early people survive?
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
Why was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in history?

3. Humans v. All Other Animals
Prehistory:
Humans construct: weapons, utensils, and tools
Hunting -Cooking
Shelter
Humans make and use: FIRE!
Prepare & eat wide variety of food
Human communication
Speech gene (more than gestures & sounds)

4. Hunters & Gatherers Dominant in the Paleolithic Age Groups of 20-30
c. 15,000 BC
Groups of 20-30
men, women, & children

5. Hunters & Gatherers Tools: knife blades, arrow points
Cave paintings: found in south of France, African plains (south of Sahara), Middle East
images of activities & concerns

6. Paleolithic Cave Painting - From France

7. Paleolithic Cave Painting - From France

8. Paleolithic Painting - From China

9. Paleolithic Cave Painting - From France

10. Cave Petroglyph

11. Nomads
nomad = one who moves from place to place in search of food & water
Continuously migrated back and forth from forest land to grazing land over the course of many years
Caused low population density in these regions
Small groups of people living across large areas of land
Need large area of land to survive

12. Nomads

13. Nomads w/ Herds

14. Establishing Settlements
Some groups continued to migrate
Others began settling
Settlements permitted by:
Natural conditions
Human ingenuity (intelligence)
Ability to harvest grains
Domesticating plants & animals

15. Gender Roles Men Women Hunted Fished Animal hunts, hunting parties
Knowledge of weapons
Protect group from predators
Women
Prepare food
Gathered food for group’s basic subsistence
Crucial when hunting parties unsuccessful
Knowledge of medicinal plants

16. **Neolithic Revolution**
What happened? FARMING happened!
Introduction of the domestication of animals & agriculture
When?
Occurred between 8500 and 3500 BC
What were the important results?
Permanent settlements were established
Civilizations begin to develop
Population increases

17. Neolithic Painting: Egyptian Plow

18. Neolithic Revolution Facts
During this time, more and more humans began depending on cultivated crops and domesticated animals for their survival
Could support towns of more than 1000 people
Transformed human lifestyle
Earliest records found in the Middle East

19. Earliest Civilization on Record

20. History of Domestication
ANIMALS
12000 BC
dogs BC
Sheep
Goats
pigs
6500 BC
cattle
CULTIVATED CROPS
Wheat
Barley
Rye
Oats
Flax
Cotton

21. TRADITIONAL ECONOMY
Subsistence farming
bartering

22. Task
On a sheet of paper, draw a before and after picture based on the Neolithic Revolution (Before the Neolithic Revolution & After the Neolithic Revolution)
Use your notes only if you absolutely have to!