The Origins of Civilization -- Terms “Civilization” Paleolithic Age Neolithic Revolution (c. 10, 000 B. C. ) Mesopotamia Tigris & Euphrates Rivers Fertile Crescent Sumer (c. 3, 500 B. C. ) Cuneiform Ziggurat Ur Akkad (c. 2, 370 B. C. ) ▪ Sargon - Babylon (c. 1, 800 B. C. ) * Hammurabi (r. 1, 792 – 1, 750 B. C. ) - Enuma Elish - Gilgamesh (c. 2, 000 B. C. )
Paleolithic Age (The Old Stone Age) Man Developed: Spoken language Primitive tools Ability to control fire Lived as nomadic hunters
Sympathetic Magic
Marcelino de Sautuola & Daughter, Maria
De Sautuola’s Cave Paintings
Cave Paintings
Neolithic Revolution (Agricultural Revolution) Man Began To: Settle down Farm Domesticate animals Develop better tools
Zagros Mountains
Catal Huyuk
Catal Huyuk
Catal Huyuk
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia--The Fertile Crescent & the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers