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Neolithic Revolution
Turning Points in History
Paleolithic Age: Dates and Descriptions
• “Old Stone Age”• 2.5 million – 8000 B.C.E
(Before Common Era)• Adapted to their environment
– Use of crude stone tools and weapons
– Developed fire– Early basic language for
verbal communication– Clothing made from animal
skins
Paleolithic Tools and Clothing
Paleolithic Age: Food and Shelter
• Nomadic– No permanent home
• Temporary shelter• Constant search for
food – follow the herds• Small groups: 50 people• Hunter/Gatherers
Paleolithic Temporary Shelter
Paleolithic Temporary Shelter
Paleolithic Age: Specialized Jobs
• Hunter/Gatherers– Men primarily hunted – Women gathered fruits,
berries, etc.
Paleolithic Age: Religion and Art
• Cave paintings• Belief in afterlife– Preparing of bodies at
funerals – buried with tools and weapons
• Jewelry• Music – instruments
made from animal bones
Paleolithic Cave Paintings
Paleolithic Age: Government
• Not government as we think of it today
• Attempts at being organized
• First trace of spoken language
• “Survival of the fittest”• Elderly and sick left
behind – slow down nomadic lifestyle
Neolithic Revolution
• Neolithic Revolution a.k.a. Agricultural Revolution
• Development of agriculture (farming)
• Warmer weather allows for the growth of plants where it had been ice
• Allows nomads to settle in one place and grow own food
• Ends nomadic lifestyle
Neolithic Age: Dates and Descriptions
• “New Stone Age”• 8000 – 3000 B.C.E.• Agriculture • Domesticated animals• Polished stone tools• Pottery• Population increase
Neolithic Farm Tools
Neolithic Pottery and Baskets
Neolithic Age: Food and Shelter
• Grow crops• Domesticate animals for
meat and milk• Still do some hunting• Developed new farm
tools• Live in permanent
shelters – settle the first villages
Neolithic Age: Specialized Jobs• Scarce resources lead to wars• New Social Classes Emerge
– Chiefs and headmen – Warriors: prestige and
power• Hunters• Farmers• Weaver• Potters• Herders• Tool Makers
Neolithic Age: Religion and Art
• Art becomes more sophisticated
• Pottery• Wall paintings• Religious shrines• Polytheism– Belief in multiple gods
Neolithic Religious Shrine
Neolithic Age: Government
• Beginning of formal organizations – villages
• Traditional Economy• Some barter and trade
with other villages• Subsistence agriculture– Grow food for own
consumption and survival
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