I. Identifications 1. Paleolithic: The period of time also known as the Old Stone Age‚ which lasted until about 10‚000 years ago. 2. Neolithic: The period of time also known as the New Stone Age. It is associated with the origins of agriculture. 3. Foragers: Hunting and food-gathering people who ate wild vegetables‚ meat‚ wild edible plants‚ and insects to survive 4. Agricultural Revolutions: A series of separate transformations that occurred when agriculture arose independently in many different
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we desire and to avoid the unacceptable look by modern standards of Venus de Willendorf. Paleolithic times are still so unknown to us‚ we study Venus de Willendorf based on what we do know. Her name “Venus” is a Greek rooted name for “Love and Beauty.” Her obese body tells modern historians that she was the symbol of motherhood and stood for fertility. It is believed that Venus was what the Paleolithic saw as beautiful. A woman capable of producing children. Her missing face is also felt that
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The Neolithic Revolution was a great change from hunting and gathering to civilization because of discovery of agriculture. The Neolithic Revolution was an important turning point in history because it allowed people to create civilization. About 10‚000 BCE‚ humans began to cultivate crops and domesticate certain animals; this was a change from the system of hunting and gathering. It brought changes to human society and culture. The people of this era were called nomads. The nomads would settle down
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The Prehistoric Ages The uncounted millenniums which lie back of the time when man began to keep written records of what he thought and did and of what befell him are called the Prehistoric Ages. The comparatively few centuries of human life which are made known to us through written records comprise the Historic Age. In the valleys of the Nile and the Euphrates there have been discovered written records which were made at least four or five thousand years before Christ. These‚ however‚ have not
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deities to be peacefully natured. Both of the regions had many gods that were agriculturally based‚ such as Ishtar and Osiris. During the time period of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians‚ the nomadic peoples of the Paleolithic Era were becoming more sedentary and transitioning into the Neolithic Era‚ becoming more dependent on agriculture. Because of this‚ they based many of the deities on the agriculture and allowed them to greatly influence it. During the Persian empire‚ their concept of deity had
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Venus of Willendorf from Willendorf‚ Austria 28‚000 – 25‚000 BCE Limestone Naturhistorisches Museum‚ Vienna Paleolithic - representation of a woman - female anatomy is exaggerated - serves as a fertility image - no facial features‚ just hair/hat - freestanding sculpture Statuettes of 2 worshipers from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (Tell Asmar)‚ Iraq 2700 BCE (early dynastic/Sumerian) Soft gypsum and inlaid with shell + black limestone Iraq Museum‚ Baghdad - represent mortals praying
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domestication in the Neolithic era (New Stone). It enhanced there civilization and made them be able to accomplish other thing that were important. They didn’t start out that way‚ but thing where able to change in the Mesopotamian area. The Mesopotamia area is between two rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates. Mesopotamia was the creation of the universe with their ruler Marduk. He made things possible to achieve which made and kept the gods happy. During the Paleolithic era‚ people where hunting
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Neolithic ruling systems in the late Neolithic Era were effective because they were fair and simple with their judgement and punishments. Neolithic ruling systems always have been looked at as a tyranny at the feet of a male commander who was the one who could take the most club hits to the head‚ but in reality‚ Neolithic rule was an ancient form of democracy where there was one commander who made the final decision after a made theirs. taking two parts to make it complete or one could overrule the
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Chapter 1 Study Guide Terms Paleolithic Neandertal Lascaux Homo sapiens Jericho Australopithecus Çatal Hüyük. Venus figurines Cro-Magnon Homo erectus Altamira Evolution Paleolithic age Neolithic age Sympathetic magic Infanticide Agricultural revolution Agricultural transition Slash-and-burn Shanidar cave Jomon society Natufian society Chinook society Homo erectus Homo sapiens sapiens Study Questions 1. Trace the development of Australopithecus‚ Homo erectus‚ and Homo
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Chapter Review Human migration began in eastern Africa‚ where remains of the earliest types of human remains were found to originate. Gradual migration was caused by the need to find scarce food and slowly caused the spread of the human population across to the Americas and Australia. Agricultural societies first emerged in the middle east. Since population was increasing‚ it encouraged people to find a more reliable food source and since the ice age had come to an end‚ it brought the retreat
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