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ANCIENT IRELAND

ANCIENT IRELAND. ANCIENT IRELAND. Mesolithic Age in Ireland. ANCIENT IRELAND. Mesolithic Age in Ireland Neolithic Age in Ireland. ANCIENT IRELAND. Mesolithic Age in Ireland Neolithic Age in Ireland Bronze Age in Ireland. ANCIENT IRELAND. ANCIENT IRELAND. How did the landscape form?.

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ANCIENT IRELAND

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  1. ANCIENT IRELAND

  2. ANCIENT IRELAND Mesolithic Age in Ireland

  3. ANCIENT IRELAND Mesolithic Age in Ireland Neolithic Age in Ireland

  4. ANCIENT IRELAND Mesolithic Age in Ireland Neolithic Age in Ireland Bronze Age in Ireland

  5. ANCIENT IRELAND

  6. ANCIENT IRELAND How did the landscape form?

  7. ANCIENT IRELAND How and when did the first people arrive?

  8. ANCIENT IRELAND How and when did the first people arrive? • Where did they come from?

  9. ANCIENT IRELAND How and when did the first people arrive? • Where did they come from? • What did they bring with them?

  10. ANCIENT IRELAND How did the Neolithic people live?

  11. ANCIENT IRELAND How did the Neolithic people live? • What did they do to survive?

  12. ANCIENT IRELAND How did the Neolithic people live? • What did they do to survive? • What did they do for shelter?

  13. ANCIENT IRELAND How did the Neolithic people live? • What did they do to survive? • What did they do for shelter? • What did they believe?

  14. ANCIENT IRELAND How did the Neolithic people live? • What did they do to survive? • What did they do for shelter? • What did they believe? • Why did they build Megalithic tombs?

  15. ANCIENT IRELAND When did the Bronze Age arrive in Ireland?

  16. ANCIENT IRELAND When did the Bronze Age arrive In Ireland? • What changes did it bring?

  17. ANCIENT IRELAND Stone Age when people used stone to make tools

  18. ANCIENT IRELAND Paleolithic Old Stone Age (irrelevant) Ireland was covered in ice Mesolithic Middle Stone Age began after 10,000 B.C.E first people arrived

  19. ANCIENT IRELAND Mesolithic 8000 B.C.E. land covered in Pine, Oak, Elm and Hazel Ended around 4500 B.C.E. coming of the first farmers

  20. ANCIENT IRELAND Invasion Myths Fir Bolgs Tuatha DeDanann Became the current Faerie People Sons of Mil (Meal) Celts

  21. ANCIENT IRELANDFirst Irish Settlements all near water along the coast beside inland lakes and rivers extended family of twenty-five ideal size for hunters / gatherers

  22. ANCIENT IRELANDFirst Irish Settlements 7000B.C.E. elsewhere in the world - Jericho and other farming communities: began developing the world’s first towns cultivation of cereal crops wheat and barley raising of domestic animals

  23. ANCIENT IRELANDFirst Irish Settlements 5000 B.C.E. the farming revolution reached Ireland that’s 2000 years later

  24. First Irish Settlements

  25. First Irish Settlements • 6000 B.C.E. Land Bridge between Ireland and Scotland disappeared.

  26. First Irish Settlements • 6000 B.C.E. Land Bridge between Ireland and Scotland disappeared. • Isolated populations developed individual characteristics.

  27. First Irish Settlements • 6000 B.C.E. Land Bridge between Ireland and Scotland disappeared. • Isolated populations developed individual characteristics. • Influenced by Climate and Geography

  28. First Irish Settlements

  29. First Irish Settlements • 6000 B.C.E. Elsewhere in the World

  30. First Irish Settlements • 6000 B.C.E. Elsewhere in the World • The Earth’s Sea Levels were rising

  31. First Irish Settlements • 6000 B.C.E. Elsewhere in the World • The Earth’s Sea Levels were rising • Fertile Flood Plains developed near the shores of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present day Iraq.

  32. The First Farmers

  33. The First Farmers • 4000 B.C.E. Neolithic Ireland

  34. The First Farmers • 4000 B.C.E. Neolithic Ireland • All sheep or cattle came in by boat.

  35. The First Farmers • 4000 B.C.E. Neolithic Ireland • All sheep or cattle came in by boat. • Everything needed for a farming existence had to be carried in by boat.

  36. The First Farmers • 4000 B.C.E. Neolithic Ireland • All sheep or cattle came in by boat. • Everything needed for a farming existence had to be carried in by boat. • Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers could have lived side-by-side for a long period of time.

  37. Tombs and Tribal Leaders

  38. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • 4000 B.C.E. to 2000 B.C.E.

  39. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • 4000 B.C.E. to 2000 B.C.E. • 4000 to 3000 B.C.E. the Northern Hemisphere’s temperatures were several degrees higher than today.

  40. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • 4000 B.C.E. to 2000 B.C.E. • 4000 to 3000 B.C.E. the Northern Hemisphere’s temperatures were several degrees higher than today. • Food surpluses made urban life possible in the Fertile Crescent.

  41. Tombs and Tribal Leaders

  42. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • Megalithic Tombs

  43. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • Megalithic Tombs • Great tombs for the dead were being built in Northern Europe.

  44. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • Megalithic Tombs • Great tombs for the dead were being built in Northern Europe. • This required:

  45. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • Megalithic Tombs • Great tombs for the dead were being built in Northern Europe. • This required: • Strong leadership

  46. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • Megalithic Tombs • Great tombs for the dead were being built in Northern Europe. • This required: • Strong leadership • Ready Supply of Workers able to spend months away from farming.

  47. Tombs and Tribal Leaders • Megalithic Tombs

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