From Prehistoric to Civilization 3000- 1200BC
Before Civilization: The Prehistoric Era (LO-1)
- The Origins and "Ages" of Human Beings
- 200,000 yrs ago a human species emerged in southwestern Africa
- 14,000yrs ago, a worldwide human race excisted
- Earliest prehistoric age is Paleolithic age (Old Stone Age)
- Neolithic Age (New Srone Age) was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agricluture
- Initially, human were parts of migratory groups which hunted fished and gathered plants for food
- The Agriculture Revelution
- Also know as the Neolithic Revolution, this was a shift from itinearint hunting/gathering to more permanent setlements centered on agriculture (beginning of southwestern Asia)
- Populations rose due to increased ability to care for younger children
- Hierarches apeared in village life; the status of women was lowered as women were confined more to domestic duties
- Invention of whel and plow made it possible to produce enough fod for storage
- Vilagers were polytheists, worshiped multiple nature, human, and animal gods
- the disrct known as Sumer ocupied the land between the Tigris and Euphrates river
- Population increased dramtically due to new iridation techniques
- Cites and towns were founded, some with as many as 40,000 inhabitants
- beter fod storage alowed for diversity in profresions: priests, tradesmen, artisans, politions, farmers
- Kings emerged, as did family dynasties and the concepts of the "city-state"
- Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing, known as "cuneiform"
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