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Turning Point: The Neolithic Revolution

Turning Point: The Neolithic Revolution. Chapter 1 section 2. Terms. Old Stone Age (aka Paleolithic Period) 2 million B.C. to 10,000 B.C. New Stone Age (aka Neolithic Period) 10,000 B.C. until the end of prehistory Prehistory – before history was recorded.

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Turning Point: The Neolithic Revolution

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  1. Turning Point:The Neolithic Revolution Chapter 1 section 2

  2. Terms • Old Stone Age (aka Paleolithic Period) • 2 million B.C. to 10,000 B.C. • New Stone Age (aka Neolithic Period) • 10,000 B.C. until the end of prehistory • Prehistory – before history was recorded

  3. Skills and Beliefs of the Old Stone Age • Early modern people were nomads, or people who move from place to place to find food • 20-30 people lived in bands or groups • Hunting and gathering • Men: hunted and fished • Women: gathered berries or fruits

  4. Humans Develop Strategies for Survival • People depended on the environment for food and shelter • Weapons were made out of stone, bone, or wood

  5. Clues About Early Religious Beliefs • 100,000 years ago people buried the dead • Belief in the after life • Animism – the belief that the world was full of spirits and forces that reside in animals, objects, or dreams

  6. Neolithic Revolution • This is the change away from hunting and gathering. • Established permanent villages • People now grew food and domesticated animals instead. • Food producing animals

  7. Neolithic Revolution • Early farmers would domesticate plants and animals – raise them in a controlled way that makes them best suited for human use

  8. The Neolithic Revolution Brings Dramatic Change • First Neolithic villages – Catalhuyuk and Jericho • Catalhuyuk was a 32 acre area enclosed by walls. Population was estimated to be over 6,000. • Work was divided by gender and age • Farmers need new technology to protect crops • Stores were found in villages for weapon making

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