Early People

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Early People

• Hunter Gatherers

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1st People

• Oldest human bones found in Africa.
• Paleolithic Era Old Stone Age
• Hunter- Gatherers
• Men hunt animals Women gather fruit, vegetables,
  nuts, berries
• Nomads- move from place to place without a
  settled home (follow food!)

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Paleolithic Era con'd

• Culturebeliefs, customs, language, religion,
  foods, hobbies, clothes, etc.
• Tools-stone tools, flint ax, bow and arrows,
  spears
• Shelter-caves, huts, mammoth bones covered with
  animal hides
• Discover FIRE!
• Developed language
• Cave Paintings

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Ice Age Neolithic Era

• Ice Ages-land bridge connects Asia and North
  America people migrate to most continents!
• last Ice Age ended 8000 BC.
• Neolithic Era (New Stone Age) Agricultural
  Revolution
• Agriculture Farming!

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Agricultural Revolution con'd

• Farming leads to the need to stay in one
  placepermanent settlements.
• Learn to plant seeds and domesticate animals
  (tame them for milk, meat, wool, transportation).
• Constant food supply population growth
• Earliest farming areas in SW Asia and Nile River
  Valley

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Agricultural Revolution con'd

• Too many people farming division of labor- job
  specialization
• jobs artisans (skilled workers) making weapons,
  jewelry, pottery, weave cloth
• Men farmed and protected village
• Women took care of children and made clothing
• Tools include sickles, hoes, copper found in
  rocks-mixed with tinbronze (Bronze Age)

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River Valley Civilizations Emerge

• All develop by rivers!
• Need water to drink, bathe, cook, find food,
  water animals
• Develop cities form governments to protect
  themselves and food supply
• Religion-polytheistic (many gods) to explain the
  forces of nature and the role of humans in the
  world
• Governments- Monarchy (king/queen), slaves at
  bottom
• Art of gods and nature

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Time Designations and Abbreviations

• B.C.- Before Christ
• A.D.- Anno Domini ("in the year of our Lord")
• B.C.E.- Before the Common Era
• C.E.-Common Era
• Circa- (c. or ca)- "about"
• decade- 10 years
• century- 100 years
• prehistoric- before writing is invented