The Neolithic Revolution

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The Neolithic Revolution
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Hominids

• Those who walk upright on two feet
• Earliest remains were found in East Africa,
  Tanzania.

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Ancient History

• Paleolithic Period
• 2 Million B.C.- 10,000 B.C.
• Old Stone Age
• Neolithic Period
• 10,000 B.C.- prehistory
• New Stone Age

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Paleolithic Period

• Time when early modern humans emerged
• They were called nomads, or people who moved from
  place to place to find food.

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Nomads

• Nomads
• hunters and gathers.
• Men hunted or fished.
• Women and children gathered berries, nuts,
  grains, etc.
• environment provided food and shelter.

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Nomads

• Strategies for survival
• Made weapons out of stone, bone and wood.
• Built fires for cooking and used animal skins for
  clothing.

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Nomads

• Early evidence of religious beliefs
• 1st to bury their dead
• Buried their dead with great care
• suggests a belief in life after death.

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Neolithic Revolution

• Began about 12,000 years ago when people
• learned to farmed, or produced their own food.
• Lived in one place
• Domesticated plants and animals

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Neolithic Revolution

• Life during Neolithic Period
• Social classes formed
• New ways to farm efficiently
• Population and cities grew

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Neolithic Societies

• 1st formed near rivers why?
• Provides water ,food and transportation to TRADE
• Highly organized and complex social order
• Life revolved around worshiping Gods
• polytheistic- belief in many Gods

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Social Classes

• Location on the social pyramid often determined
  what job you had.

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