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The Neolithic Age: Shift from Hunters to Farmers

Explore the transition from the Paleolithic to Neolithic Age, where humanity shifted from nomadic hunting to settled farming, revolutionizing lifestyle, creating stable food supplies, establishing communities, and initiating trade.

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The Neolithic Age: Shift from Hunters to Farmers

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  1. TheNeolithicAge

  2. From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers The Most Important Change in Human History

  3. The Stone Age • Stone Age: named because of the types of tools used by people • Paleolithic Age: Old Stone Age • Neolithic Age: New Stone Age

  4. From Old to New Stone Age Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age 3000 B.C.E 8000 B.C.E 2 million B.C.E Discovery of Agriculture Tools & Weapons made of metal Tools & Weapons made of stone

  5. Creating a Stable Food Supply Hunters & Gatherers Farmers Domesticateanimals for food Plant crops Lived in permanent shelters Stable lifestyle • Hunt wild animals • Gather nuts, berries, & other plants • Lived out in the open • Nomadic lifestyle Agriculture=growing crops & domesticating animals

  6. Establishing Communities • Farming allowed people to settle down near their farms • This created early towns and villages • Ability to divide work and work together • Shared defense

  7. Beginning to Trade • Trade= the business of buying and selling or exchanging items • Traders traveled hundreds of miles to find what they needed • Trade allowed people to make use of more resources and brought them into contact with new people from distant places • This helped spread ideas around the ancient world

  8. Summary • Farming changed peoples lives • Stable food supply • Permanent shelters and communities • New jobs and trade

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