Paleolithic and Neolithic Era Katherina Velsh HIS 112 December 1st‚ 2014 John Bollweg Introduction Great differences are present between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras‚ as well as similarities. Great historical events occurred between the two eras that changed the way humans lived forever. Life back in those eras could appear simpler‚ less complicated‚ but it was just the opposite. Survival was the goal and everyday was a struggle to live another day. Homo sapiens‚ another way of saying
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assisted to the growth and birth of civilizations. A specific civilization was Mesopotamia‚ the name derived from the fact that it was surrounded by two rivers‚ the Euphrates and Tigris River. They had a well-organized and social-scaled society. The river valleys as a fact helped the civilization to exceed; they began in the Ubaid Period and were located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers‚ where modern-day Iraq is. Mesopotamia was a civilization ruled by different kings during different time periods
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Alexander Salazar Prof. Bailey Humanities 2011/70T Egypt vs. Mesopotamia Essay October 8‚ 2012 Mesopotamia The founding of the western civilization attributes its beginnings not solely on one civilization or culture‚ but several. Other civilizations have impacted the concept of the western civilization more than others. Mesopotamia has affected the western civilization more than the Egyptian culture had through their writing system‚ legal system‚ and their architecture and discoveries. Any
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Mesopotamia (3100BC-540BC) 1. Social structure: The priest held high status and initially governed the city-state 2. Organized Government: the government was theocracy which means that the government ran by religion; also the government was a monarchy which means there is the king rule’s the land. 3. Religion: polytheism which means that they belief in more than one god. 4. Scientific & Cultural Achievements: invented the wheel which they used to make pottery and vehicles‚ also invented the
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Mesopotamia means “The land of rivers” in Greek. This civilization started around 6000 B.C. Mesopotamia is in the area of the Tigris and Euphrates river system and is part of modern day Iraq‚ north eastern Syria‚ Southwestern Turkey‚ and smaller parts of Southwester Iran. The two rivers Tigris and Euphrates had a massive effect on this civilization‚ the people could farm easily because of the rich soil known as the Fertile Crescent which was the cause of the two rivers. Mesopotamia is considered
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Tanze Tyler 1/13/20 Paleolithic Religion The concepts of animism and numinous is a contrast between spirituality and human experience. The concepts are relative to the concept of spirituality with no definitive distinction between sacred and secular in the Paleolithic culture. The difference between animism and numinous is that animism is the spiritual belief that there is a soul in everything. Numinous belief is more of a feeling through experience. The two terms are used independently to
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overall life quality and expectancy. One example that comes to mind is the paleolithic diet. In order to understand what our body consumes best‚ to keep it functioning properly‚ we need to understand what our ancestors were consuming when our bodies were developing. Research has shown that our body was not designed to eat the processed foods that are so heavily consumed today. One study had ten participants consume a paleolithic style diet of fruits‚ vegetables‚ lean meat‚ and nuts for ten days. At the
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1. Paleolithic rock art: People left their hunting records‚ drawings of their culture and experiences on cave walls with bright colours‚ some of which have been preserved up to today. Also‚ paleolithic people made small statues or carvings out of stone‚ of figures such as Venus figures. In addition‚ although it may seem like art to modern world‚ they used stone tools to hunt and gather. 1. Venus figurines : In places all over the world‚ from Europe to Russia‚ figurines of women have been found
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Innovations of the Upper Paleolithic The Upper Paleolithic can be considered a turning point in the evolution of human beings. During the Upper Paleolithic various cultural innovations changed the way people would like their lives from that point forward. Perhaps the most important of these innovations being stone tools and blades‚ the domestication of dogs‚ art‚ and evolution of self-identity. The manufacturing of stone tools and blades was very apparent during the Upper Paleolithic The emergence of
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the San culture. The women would take part in both gathering and hunting‚ but mainly gathering. They used everything very wisely‚ including parts of ostrich eggs to hold fluids. Overall‚ the San were your typical hunter-gatherer society of the Paleolithic era. The Chumash lived in Southern California. They were also a hunter-gatherer society. They also were very good fisherman. They painted on cave walls and some of the drawings are still there today. Some of the Chumash settlements are believed
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