Neolithic Times

1
Neolithic Times

• New Stone Age

2
New Stone Age

• About 8000 B.C. people started producing food
• This brought about a great change in the way
  people lived Farming
• The beginning of Farming was the Neolithic
  Revolution

3
New Stone Age

• Farming- people discovered that seeds from wild
  grains could be planted and harvested
• Herding- people learned they could build a fence
  to enclose a herd of wild animals
• Animals were killed one at a time- the rest saved
  for later
• Captured animals lost fear of humans and became
  tame or domesticated

4
New Stone Age

• People during this time bred animals to improve
  those animals qualities
• Used animals such as donkeys, camels, and llamas
  as pack animals
• The food supply increased, more food led to a
  growing population- about 5 million people in
  world at 8000 B.C.
• People also lived longer- life expectancy average
  of 30 years

5
New Stone Age

• Villages were established once people were able
  to produce food
• They no longer needed to follow their food
  sources- most developed near fertile soil and a
  water supply
• Earliest known villages are in southwestern Asia

6
New Stone Age

• Jericho (between Israel and Jordon)
• Abu Huerya (Syria)
• Catal Huyuk (Turkey)

7
New Stone Age

• Specialization- development of occupations
• Less people were needed to produce food- so
  people started to do other things- potters,
  weavers, metal workers
• Learned to bake clay to make pottery
• Weave cloth

8
New Stone Age

• Villages began to develop their own form of
  government
• Single chiefs were chosen to keep order
• Boundaries were set to protect belongings

9
New Stone Age

• Most of the chiefs were also the priests
• They handled the religious duties by offering
  prayers for good soil, healthy animals, rain
• At first they worshipped the things in nature
  around them.
• Eventually, Gods and Goddesses were created to
  represent these forces of nature
• Religious customs also developed at this time