World History in 7 Minutes

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World History in 7 Minutes

• http//worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/movies/flash_
  large.php

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Turning Point The Neolithic Revolution

• Paleolithic vs. Neolithic

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Old Stone Age

• Old Stone Age Paleolithic period
• Modern Homo Sapiens Human Beings
• 250,000 to 100,000 BCE to about 10,000 BCE
• Early Humans nomads roaming from place to
  place to find food
• Stones, bones, and wood
• Development of language
• Bury the dead
• Animism worship of animals

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Cave Art Found in Lascaux, France
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New Stone Age Neolithic Revolution

• Neolithic Period (About 12,000 years ago)
  10,000 BCE to Today
• Humans transitioned from nomadic to settled
  farming dramatically changed the way humans lived
• Domestication of plants and animals
• 15,000 years ago the dog was the first animal
  to be domesticated
• 8000 BCE 6000 BCE goats, sheep, pigs, and
  cattle
• 10,000 BCE 6000 BCE Yams, millet, rice,
  chickpeas, lentils, and wheat

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Neolithic Revolution
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Oldest Known Village

• Jericho 10,000 BCE 9000 BCE modern day Israel

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Earliest Villages

• Catalhuyuk 7000 BCE -Modern day Turkey
• http//globalheritagefund.org/index.php/what_we_d
  o/overview/completed_projects/catalhoyuk_turkey

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Rise of Cities and Civilizations

• Located near major rivers
• River valley civilizations arose in the Middle
  East, Egypt, India and China
• In the Americas, early civilizations may have
  arose in the highlands they may have begun as
  religious centers.
• Away from cities, people lived as hunters,
  gatherers, farmers and nomads

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Basic Features of Civilization

• 1. CITIES are the MAIN feature of a civilization
• Basic Features of a civilization
• 1. Organized Governments
• 2. Complex Religions - Polytheism
• 3. Job Specialization - (Artisans)
• 4. Social Classes
• 5. Art and Architecture Development
• 6. Public Works
• 7. MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE WRITING

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Changes Over Time

• Changes in the physical environment caused
  civilizations to change
• Interactions among people and cultural diffusion
  caused civilization to change
• As rulers grew more powerful civilization began
  to center around city-states and empires.
• Definition in anthropology, the process by which
  a cultural trait, material object, idea, or
  behavior pattern is spread from one society to
  another also called diffusion