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Paleolithic

Paleolithic---Old stone age

Paleolithic -Paleolithic---Old stone age -From the greek Paleo-meaning old, and Lithic-meaning stone

Paleolithic -Paleolithic---Old stone age -From the greek Paleo-meaning old, and Lithic-meaning stone Estimated between 2 Mil BC to 30000 BC

Discussion Questions What would scientist have to depend on to speculate on dates as far as human ancestry? What are your personal perceptions on the suggested evolutionary progress of humanity? What might be missing that would suggest that scientist are wrong about our ancestry? Right?

Paleolithic -Stone Tools---Manufactured by hand

Paleolithic -Stone Tools---Manufactured by hand -3 subdivisions of the Paleolithic Period

Paleolithic -Stone Tools---Manufactured by hand -3 subdivisions of the Paleolithic Period. 1. Lower- Human ancestry appears to exist in Fossil record.

Paleolithic -Stone Tools---Manufactured by hand -3 subdivisions of the Paleolithic Period. 1. Lower- Human ancestry appears to exist in Fossil record. Lower ended 120, 000 BC Evolutionary advancements ushered in Middle Paleolithic

Paleolithic 1. Middle lasted from 120000 BC to 40000 BC

Paleolithic -Middle lasted from 120000 BC to 40000 BC -Red Ochre body paint and cave paintings appear

Paleolithic -Middle lasted from 120000 BC to 40000 BC -Red Ochre body paint and cave paintings Appear -Burial of the dead with purposeful items For afterlife point to religion.

Discussion questions • What do you think is the essentials to surviving the harsh realities that early man may have faced? • What might have to happen for a group of individuals to survive? • What would you need to survive in the wilderness?

Paleolithic -Upper Paleolithic

Paleolithic -Upper Paleolithic -Migration from Africa or the fertile crescent Into parts of Europe and other areas.

Paleolithic -Upper Paleolithic -Migration from Africa or the fertile crescent Into parts of Europe and other areas. -Campsites with storage pits

Paleolithic -Flint tools

Paleolithic -Flint tools. -Industry of making fine blades

Paleolithic -Paleolithic Art

Paleolithic -Paleolithic Art -Images and depiction appear in cave paintings

Paleolithic -Paleolithic Art -Images and depiction appear in cave paintings -Portable figures and talismans of “venus” Figurines ---Fertility goddesses

Paleolithic -Exotic material far from source indicates the Beginning of trade

Paleolithic -Exotic material far from source indicates the Beginning of trade -Medium—def. Anything an art work is made of Or painted with. (Ex. Mona Lisa, Oil and Canvass)

Discussion questions • Why would mankind need to be artistic at this survival stage of the game? • What value do you think such artistic elements may have played in the life of early man? • What function would music have during the early stages of mankind?

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Rise of Civilization

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Rise of Civilization -Catal Huyuk- (Chah-tall Hy-ook)

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Rise of Civilization -Catal Huyuk- (Chah-tall Hy-ook) -Neolithic and Copper age settlement in Turkey from 7500 BC to 5700 BC

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Catal Huyuk is the largest and best preserved Neolithic site discovered to date.

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Catal Huyuk is the largest and best preserved Neolithic site discovered to date. -Discovered by John Mellart in 1958

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Catal Huyuk is the largest and best preserved Neolithic site discovered to date. -Discovered by John Mellart in 1958 -Population between 5000 to 8000

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Catal Huyuk housing was accessed through the roof

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Catal Huyuk housing was accessed through the Roof -Communal ovens for cooking for village

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Catal Huyuk housing was accessed through the Roof -Communal ovens for cooking for village -Trash and sewage outside in heaps beside the building

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Rituals and religion---the dead were left Exposed to the open air

1. What symbols of Religion or ritual do you have in your family? 2. What traditions does your family have that are distinct to you? 3. If you were buried as ancient man, what things would be buried with you that are meaningful?

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Rituals and religion---the dead were left Exposed to the open air -Bones gathered for rituals-ancestor Worship?

Neolithic-New Stone Age -If they were not exposed and the bones Gathered, they were bound tightly in a fetal Postion and buried in the floor of the house.

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Skulls were painted and used for ritual, Painting with Red Ochre depicted human faces

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Skulls were painted and used for ritual, Painting with Red Ochre depicted human faces -Vivid murals and figurines found in the village site

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Skulls were painted and used for ritual, Painting with Red Ochre depicted human faces -Vivid murals and figurines found in the village Site -graves and murals depict religion rich in symbolism

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Some murals depicted hunting, fishing-everyday life

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Some murals depicted hunting, fishing-everyday Life -No class system and equality among genders

Discussion Point: Equality in genders. A lot has been said and written. Do you think there is appropriate equality between male and female and why or why not?

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization 1. Social Structure A system of levels in society. This can be economic (jobs and wealth), social (popularity)

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization 2. Stable Food Supply When a society has enough food so it can survive, plus some extra to trade

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization 3. Religion A set of beliefs, usually in a god or gods, together with forms of worship such as holidays, prayer services, and rituals.

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization 4. Government A group of people who keep law and order and make laws.

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization 5. Writing Symbols and signs put together to make words.

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization 6. Culture A people's unique way of life--all of its forms of creative expression and entertainment

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization 7. Technology All advances, inventions, and processes created to make life easier.

Neolithic-New Stone Age -Markers of civilization Catal Huyuk religion involved goddess worship, And ancestor worship.

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -Oldest continually habited city along with Damascus in Syria

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -Oldest continually habited city along with Damascus in Syria -20 successive settlements dating all the Way back to 11000 BC

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -Oldest continually habited city along with Damascus in Syria -20 successive settlements dating all the Way back to 11000 BC -Lunar Diety worship (Diety-god or goddess)

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -First permanent settlement around 8000 BC

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -First permanent settlement around 8000 BC. -walls with 23 foot tower with stairs shows Architectural advancement

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -Like Catal Huyuk, Jericho had a skull cult with Painted faces and sea shells for eyes.

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -Like Catal Huyuk, Jericho had a skull cult with Painted faces and sea shells for eyes. -Domestication of animals and Farming

Neolithic-New Stone Age Jericho -Like Catal Huyuk, Jericho had a skull cult with Painted faces and sea shells for eyes. -Domestication of animals and Farming -Emergence of the Loom-Cloth making

Rise of the Sumerians

Civilization Sumer

Civilization Sumer -True rise of Civilization

Civilization Sumer -True rise of Civilization -Sumerians claim that the god Enki brought their Civilization intact around 3000 BC

Civilization Sumer -True rise of Civilization -Sumerians claim that the god Enki brought their Civilization intact around 3000 BC

Civilization Sumer -True rise of Civilization -Sumerians claim that the god Enki brought their Civilization intact around 3000 BC -Emergence of a Pantheon(A group of gods with Different Characters)

Civilization Sumer -True rise of Civilization -Sumerians claim that the god Enki brought their Civilization intact around 3000 BC -Emergence of a Pantheon(A group of gods with Different Characters) -This religion is known as polytheism

Civilization Sumer -Sumerian Kings List-mystic kings to authentic

Civilization Sumer -Sumerian Kings List-mystic kings to authentic -Kings list includes Gilgamesh, the first literary Character in history.

Neolithic-New Stone Age Sumer -Dynasty Rule-kingship by inheritance

Civilization Sumer -Dynasty Rule-kingship by inheritance

Civilization Sumer -Dynasty Rule-kingship by inheritance -Sumer means “Blackheads” (Eww!)

Civilization Sumer -Dynasty Rule-kingship by inheritance -Sumer means “Blackheads” (Eww!) -Mastery of irrigation and reservoirs

Civilization Sumer -Dynasty Rule-kingship by inheritance -Sumer means “Blackheads” (Eww!) -Mastery of irrigation and reservoirs -invented the wheel

Civilization Sumer -Trade routes established major cities with Temple centers

Civilization Sumer -Trade routes established major cities with Temple centers -Formations of City-states with a king

Civilization Sumer -Trade routes established major cities with Temple centers -Formations of City-states with a king -Power skirmishes happened frequently

Civilization Sumerian Geography

Civilization Sumerian Geography -two areas—mountainous area in the North with Southern plains

Civilization Sumerian Geography -two areas—mountainous area in the North with Southern plains -Evidence of cave dwellers in Sumer during Paleolithic in the NE.

Civilization Sumerian Geography -Some simplistic “rain driven” villages in the Neolithic in the North. -Southern Foothills spread into the plains

Civilization Sumerian Geography -Some simplistic “rain driven” villages in the Neolithic in the North. -Southern Foothills spread into the plains th -Some simple irrigation in the 5 millenium BC

Civilization Sumerian Geography -As irrigation advanced, so did city growth

Civilization Sumerian Geography -As irrigation advanced, so did city growth -shift of centralized cities with power skirmishes

Civilization Sumerian Geography -As irrigation advanced, so did city growth -shift of centralized cities with power skirmishes -the focus moved from Sumer to Akkad

Civilization Sumerian art

Civilization Sumerian art -obvious source of art was religion

Civilization Sumerian art -obvious source of art was religion -temple ziggurats and idols

Civilization Sumerian art -obvious source of art was religion -temple ziggurats and idols -artistic motivation is man’s struggle with the gods.

Civilization Sumerian art -obvious source of art was religion -temple ziggurats and idols -artistic motivation is man’s struggle with the gods. -As the civilization advanced, so did their Art (I. E. Winged Horsement—destroyed by ISIS)

Civilization Sumerian art -Eyes of idols were big to suggest all seeing…all knowing.

Civilization Sumerian art -Eyes of idols were big to suggest all seeing…all knowing. -we would call early art “Utility Art” because necessity created it. (I. E. Royal Signet ring)

Civilization Sumerian art -Eyes of idols were big to suggest all seeing…all knowing. -we would call early art “Utility Art” because necessity created it. (I. E. Royal Signet ring)

Civilization Sumerian City Devolopment

Civilization Sumerian City Development -Cities set up in a maze to confuse invaders

Civilization Sumerian City Development -Cities set up in a maze to confuse invaders -Many wars were fought between tribes

Civilization Sumerian City Development -Cities set up in a maze to confuse invaders -Many wars were fought between tribes -Mudbrick arch developed in architecture

Civilization Sumerian City Development -Cities set up in a maze to confuse invaders -Many wars were fought between tribes -Mudbrick arch developed in architecture -Sumer is the location the biblical “Tower of Babel”

Civilization Sumerian Succession of important cultures -Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian.

Civilization Sumerian Succession of important cultures -Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian. Cities of Ur, Akkad, Uruk, Samarra, Ninevah, Nimrud, Babylon, Lagash, Kish

Civilization Mesopotamian Literature

Civilization Mesopotamian Literature -Cuniform writing-wedge shaped markers in wet clay

Civilization Mesopotamian Literature -Cuniform writing-wedge shaped markers in wet clay -The Epic of Gilgamesh-world’s first literary work

Civilization Mesopotamian Literature -Cuniform writing-wedge shaped markers in wet clay -The Epic of Gilgamesh-world’s first literary work -Note: Some speculate that Gilgamesh and Enkidu, the two characters may be biblical “Nephilim” a race of super giants.

Civilization Mesopotamian Literature -Story centers around Gilgamesh’s quest for immortality

Civilization Mesopotamian Literature -Story centers around Gilgamesh’s quest for Immortality -In the story, Gilgamesh finds the survivor of a worldwide flood that holds the secret of eternal life.