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The Beginning of Agriculture

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• Main Idea / Reading Focus
• The New Stone Age
• Development of Agriculture
• Map Growth of Agriculture
• Agriculture Changes Society

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The Beginning of Agriculture
Main Idea The development of agriculture was a m
ajor turning point in human history and
significantly changed the way in which many
people lived.

• Reading Focus
• What new tools and technologies did early humans
  develop during the New Stone Age?
  
• How did early agriculture develop and spread?
• In what ways did the development of agriculture
  change Stone Age society?

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The New Stone Age
As prehistoric people developed more
sophisticated tools, the Paleolithic Era gave way
to the Neolithic Era.
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Contrast How did toolmaking in the New Stone Ag
e differ from toolmaking in the Old Stone Age?
Answer(s) Old Stone Agechipped stones to
produce sharp edges New Stone Agepolished and
ground stones to shape tools
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Development of Agriculture
The development of agriculture, about 10,000
years ago, radically changed how people lived.
This shift to farming is referred to as the
Neolithic Revolution.
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Identify Cause and Effect How did people benefi
t from farming and the domestication of plants
and animals?
Answer(s) more reliable food supply people
could pool labor and resources
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Agriculture Changes Society

• Agriculture dramatically changed Stone Age
  societies by providing a larger and more reliable
  food supply.
  
• Some people began to live as nomadic
  pastoralists.
  
• Others gave up the nomadic lifestyle and formed
  settlements, pooling their resources.

• As people began to make items from bronze, the
  Stone Age gave way to the Bronze Age, which began
  as early as 3000 BC in some areas.

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Çatal Hüyuk

• A Neolithic settlement in what is now Turkey
• Largest Neolithic site found
• Home to 5,0006,000 people in 6000 BC
• Covered more than 30 acres
• People raised barley, wheat, sheep, goats
• Houses
• One main room with areas for sleeping and
  domestic tasks like cooking
  
• Religious shrines

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Ötzi the Iceman

• Discoveries added to our knowledge of Neolithic
  societies
  
• 1991- hikers discover frozen male body
• Scientific tests performed
• 5,300 years old, from Neolithic Era

• Ötzi and belongings well preserved
• Clothes three types of animal skins stitched
  together
  
• Leather shoes, woven grass cape, fur hat,
  backpack
  
• Quiver with arrows, dagger, ax with copper blade

• Scientists theories
• Diet included coarse grains
• Did not live in location where found
• Might have been murdered

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Summarize How did the development of agricultur
e affect Neolithic societies?
Answer(s) revolutionary changes men and women
assumed different roles led to towns,
government, religion, trade