The Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages Before and after

The Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages Before and after 8000 BC

The Paleolithic Age • Known as the “Old Stone Age” – Starts with ? ? ? – All ? ? ? • Lives were nomadic – WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ? ? – Constant search for: 1. 2. 3. ? ? ? ? ? – Considered hunter-gatherers • Lived in clans – usually based on ? ? ? • Numerous achievements accomplished in this time period

Characteristics/Achievements of the Paleolithic Age • Invented ? ? ? – Used for many reasons, mainly survival • Learned to control and create ? ? ? – WHY IMPORTANT? ? ? • Created a very simple ? ? ? • Free Time – What to do? ? ? – Created “cave art” • Created by hunter-gatherer societies during the Old Stone Age • Most early cave art found in Africa, ? ? ? AND ? ? ? – Purpose of art to convey message, mark territory and create historical accounts

The Neolithic Revolution • What Does it Mean? – Neo = ? ? ? , Lithic = ? ? ? – Revolution is a new age or creation • Neolithic Revolution is the ? ? ? – WHY? ? ? – Allowed nomads to do WHAT? ? ? • Creation of farming marks the Neolithic Age – Started about 10, 000 years ago (8, 000 BCE) • How does farming start? ? ? – Upon their return they found food growing • This was the birth of farming

Characteristics of the Neolithic Revolution • Ability to farm and domesticate plants – What did they grow? ? ? • Ability to domesticate animals – What does this mean? ? ? – Cattle, sheep, and other docile animals ? ? ? • Advanced ? ? ? – Vast improvements of the ? ? ? tools of the past • Creation of ? ? ? – Eating, drinking, storage and carrying of water • Began to ? ? ? – Allowed clothing and blankets to be created

Effects of the Neolithic Revolution • Beginning of agriculture leads to: 1. ? ? ? 2. ? ? ? 3. ? ? ? • Farming leads to more ? ? ? – More food allowed ? ? ? – Longer lives led to ? ? ? – Population led to ? ? ? • To create more food, new ideas arise – ? ? ? • Cutting down trees and burning them to let ashes into the soil to add nutrients – ? ? ? • Taming animals for slaughter – Which animals? ?

Other New Inventions • New ways to farm – Invented the ? ? ? to till the land faster – Used ? ? ? to pull the plow • Created less human labor • Made stronger tools/ weapons using ? ? ? – Mixed copper and tin to make ? ? ? – Begins the Bronze Age • Bronze Age begins around 2500 BC (times vary) – Bronze was ? ? ?

Archeologists & Anthropologists • Both continue to try and explain the early lives of the people – What do they do? ? ? • How do they do this? • Where? ? ? – Stonehenge, Aleppo, Jericho, Catal Hayuk (Anatolia) • All early cities of the Fertile Crescent (except Stonehenge, Catal Hayuk) • Stonehenge built during the Bronze Age