1. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 1 PowerPoint Presentation Materials For Instructor’s Online Learning Center Traditions and Encounters A Global Perspective on the Past 3 rd Edition Jerry H. Bentley Herbert F. Ziegler PowerPoint Presentations Prepared by Henry Abramson

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3. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 3 Forming the Complex Society Basic development:  Hunting and Foraging  Agriculture  Complex Society Key issue: surplus capital Major development of first complex societies 3500 BCE – 500 BCE

4. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 4 Prehistory What is “history”? Documentation  Written records  Archaeological discovery Requisite human presence (or “natural” history)

5. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 5 Development of Hominids Animals adapt themselves to environment Hominids adapt environment to themselves  Use of tools  Language  Complex cooperative social structures

6. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 6 Australopithecus Discovery of skeleton AL-288-1, north of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Nicknamed “Lucy” 40% of SWF, 4’6”, 55lb., bipedal Brain 500 cc (modern human: 1400 cc), limited speech but opposable digit Estimated date of death: 3.5 million years ago

7. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 7 Later Hominids Homo Erectus, “upright man” Larger brain capacity (1000 cc), improved tool use, control of fire Homo Sapiens, “wise man” Homo Sapiens Sapiens, “very wise man” (most of us) Largest brain, esp. frontal regions most sophisticated tools and social organization Migrations of Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

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9. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 9 The Natural Environment By 13,000 BCE Homo sapiens in every inhabitable part of the world Archaeological finds:  Sophisticated tools Choppers, scrapers, axes, knives, bows, arrows Cave and hutlike dwellings Use of fire, animal skins Hunted several mammal species to extinction  Climactic change may have accelerated process

10. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 10 Paleolithic Era (“Old Stone Age”) Evidence:  Archaeological finds  Extrapolation from modern hunter-gatherer societies Nomadic existence precludes advanced civilization  Groups of 30-50  Division of labor along gender lines

11. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 11 Relative Social Equality Nomadic culture precludes accumulation of land- based wealth  More likely determinants of status: age, hunting skill, fertility, charisma Possible gender equality related to food production  Men: protein from hunting  Women: plant gethering

12. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 12 Big Game Hunting Evidence of intelligent coordination of hunting expeditions  Development of weaponry  Animal-skin disguises  Stampeding tactics Lighting of fires, etc. to drive game into kill zones Requires planning, communication

13. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 13 Paleolithic Settlements Natufian society  Modern Israel and Jordan  Wild wheat, herding Jomon society  Japan  Wild buckwheat, fishing Chinook society  Pacific Northwest  Berries, acorns, salmon runs Groups of 1000 or more

14. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 14 Neandertal Peoples Neander valley, western Germany Also found in Africa, east Asia Evidence of spirituality: ritual burial

15. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 15 Cro-magnon Peoples Physically similar to modern humans Greater capacity for speech? Homo sapiens sapiens Increased variety of tools Adornments, decorative furniture, cave paintings “Venus” figurines Cave paintings

16. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 16 Neolithic Era (“New Stone Age”) Distinction in tool production  Chipped vs. polished Men: herding animals rather than hunting Women: nurtured vegetation rather than foraging Spread of Agriculture  Slash-and-and burn techniques  Exhaustion of soil promotes migration  Transport of crops from one region to another

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18. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 18 Agriculture and Population Growth

19. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 19 Surplus Food and the Specialization of Labor Emergence of villages and towns Discoveries at Çatal Hüyük, Turkey, occupied 7250-5400 BCE Tremendous range of manufactured products  Pottery, Jewelry, Textiles, Copper tools Development of crafts

20. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 20 Social Distinctions Accumulation of landed wealth initiates development of social classes  Archaeological evidence in variety of household decorations, goods buried with deceased members of society at Çatal Hüyük

21. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 21 Religious Values Elements of natural environment essential for functioning Archaeological evidence of religious worship: thousands of clay figurines, drawings on pots, tool decorations, other ritual objects  Fertility: Venus figurines

22. Copyright © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Permission Required for Reproduction or Display. 22 Beginnings of Urbanization Jericho: concentration of wealth, building a wall Craft specialization Social stratification Governance Cultural workers