Turning Point: The Neolithic Revolution

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Turning Point The Neolithic Revolution

• Paleolithic vs. Neolithic

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Old Stone Age

• Old Stone Age Paleolithic period
• Modern Homo Sapiens Human Beings
• 250,000 to 100,000 BCE to about 10,000 BCE
• Early Humans nomads roaming from place to
  place to find food
• Stones, bones, and wood
• Development of language
• Bury the dead
• Animism worship of animals

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Cave Art Found in Lascaux, France
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New Stone Age Neolithic Revolution

• Neolithic Period (About 12,000 years ago)
  10,000 BCE to Today
• Humans transitioned from nomadic to settled
  farming dramatically changed the way humans lived
• Domestication of plants and animals
• 15,000 years ago the dog was the first animal
  to be domesticated
• 8000 BCE 6000 BCE goats, sheep, pigs, and
  cattle
• 10,000 BCE 6000 BCE Yams, millet, rice,
  chickpeas, lentils, and wheat

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Neolithic Revolution
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Earliest Villages

• Catalhuyuk 7000 BCE -Modern day Turkey -

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Oldest Known Village

• Jericho 10,000 BCE 9000 BCE modern day Israel

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Basic Features of Civilization

• 1. Cities are the MAIN feature of a civilization
• Basic Features of a civilization
• 1. Organized Governments
• 2. Complex Religions - Polytheism
• 3. Job Specialization - (Artisans)
• 4. Social Classes
• 5. Art and Architecture Development
• 6. Public Works
• 7. MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE WRITING