Friday, January 29, 2010

Agricultural Revolution Notes

  1. Paleolithic - old stone age
    • Nomads - hunter/gatherers
    • The fastest, strongest, best hunter would always catch the food.

  2. Mesolithic - middle stone age
  3. Neolithic - NEW stone age
    • Three things start to come together: People planting crops, staying in one location, and domesticating animals.
    • People start to make ART.
    • Mesopotamia
      • Jericho was the first city to be developed.
      • People moved closer to the water and settled.
    • Farmers and hunters could trade the goods they specialize in.
    • They needed a government and laws to work out conflicts and tension.
    • The City of Ur was home to the goddess Nanna
      • The Ziggurat of Ur - a great temple
        • Shows that organized practices and beliefs developed when people settled down

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