Agriculture was easier than hunting/gathering * Settlements * Domestication of animals * Variety of grown foods Analyze the gender roles during the Paleolithic & Neolithic Ages * Men were hunters * Women were gatherers * Women tended to children * Men were dominant Concepts Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Age Paleolithic: * No permanent settlement-always on the move for food (nomads) * Hunter-gatherers * Beginning of human beings-11‚000 B.C. * Sophisticated
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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 of certain big game animals such as mastodons Settled and built houses Civilization first arose in egypt‚ mesopotamia‚ indus river basin‚ and china. Characteristics included cities‚ government‚ religion‚ writing‚ art‚ and social structure.
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consolidation of small holdings into large farms from which tenants and sharecroppers were forcibly expelled Amulet Small charm meant to protect the bearer from evil. Found frequently in archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ amulets reflect the religious practices of the common people. Babylon The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the NeoBabylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century
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such as Paleolithic which is Old Stone Age and Neolithic is new stone age ; In the Paleolithic age‚ people were basically nomads and were hunter gatherers as they lived in groups and moved from place to place in search of food and water where men would do the hunting and women and the young would forged for plants close to camp and provided the group with nourishment and we can confirm the fact of hierarchy in this period by the fact that their graves shows that hierarchy emerged in Paleolithic times
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World History Notes: Chapter One Intro In 1849‚ William Loftus founded the ruins of the city of Uruk‚ one of the first cities in the world. Loftus found this ancient city in a part of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was one of the first places where civilization began. The First Humans The first civilizations began in Western Asia and Egypt. The way we determine how civilization came about is through science. Archaeologists find many signs of civilization in ancient ruins. No records were contained
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most interesting thing that I noticed after comparing Ancient Egyptian‚ Mesopotamian and Paleolithic European art is that some of the Paleolithic art is more realistic than the Neolithic art is. I feel that the Paleolithic people of Europe spent more time observing the animals than Mesopotamians and Egyptians did because they were not busy developing agriculture‚ massive architecture and religion. Paleolithic animals are portrayed much differently than Mesopotamian and Egyptian art in five ways;
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societies during the Paleolithic era. Paleolithic‚ Homo afarensis‚ Neandertal‚ Lascaux‚ Natufian Culture‚ Homo sapiens‚ Venus figurines. See: 10-15 in Traditions and Encounters 2. Explain the reasons behind the transition to agriculture during the Neolithic era. Neolithic. See: 15-20 in Traditions and Encounters 3. Discuss the early development of Sumer. Sumer‚ Standard of Ur‚ Ziggurat. See: 21-35 4. Outline the causes and effects of a written cultural tradition in Mesopotamia. Hammurabi
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human being) Their remains are between 100‚000 and 30‚000 years ago They were the first people to burry their dead Homo sapien sapien The group of people that replace Neanderthal‚ includes us Begin to spread out and populated the earth Paleolithic “ old stone” Age 2.5 million to 10 thousand B.C Sometimes called the old stone age People begin living in small groups They hunt fish and gather nomadic Wonder around looking for food Cave painting Neolithic revolution Some where between
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AP World Final Study Guide Definitions up to 600 BCE: Paleolithic: The period of the stone age associated with the evolution of humans (Old Stone Age‚ and was a time of nomads and hunter gatherers) Neolithic Revolution: Agricultural Revolution in the New Stone Age Pastoralists: A way a life dependent on large herds of small and large stock (Africa and Central Asia) Hunter-Gatherers: A way of life of people who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering edible plants and insects
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it established high standards of behavior and stern punishments for violators. | Late Mesopotamian Empires | Assyrians‚ Babylon (Chaldean Empire)‚ then later lost their rule to foreigners. | Complex and Sophisticated Cultural Traditions | Mesopotamia became a diverse society of people‚ and specialized labor. New technology had been the rise due to various experiments‚ especially in transportation‚ and trading. | Social Classes | Accumulation of wealth increased‚ and classes of people or rulers
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