1. ANCIENT IRELAND

2. 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. 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

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

24. ANCIENT IRELAND First Irish Settlements 7000 B.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

25. ANCIENT IRELAND First Irish Settlements 5000 B.C.E. the farming revolution reached Ireland that’s 2000 years later

27. First Irish Settlements

28. 6000 B.C.E. Land Bridge between Ireland and Scotland disappeared.

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

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

31. First Irish Settlements

32. 6000 B.C.E. Elsewhere in the World

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

34. 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.

35. The First Farmers

36. 4000 B.C.E. Neolithic Ireland

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

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. Tombs and Tribal Leaders

41. 4000 B.C.E. to 2000 B.C.E.

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. Tombs and Tribal Leaders

45. Megalithic Tombs

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

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

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

49. 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.

50. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs

51. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Portal Tombs

52. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Portal Tombs –Court Tombs

53. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Portal Tombs –Court Tombs –Wedge Tombs

54. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Portal Tombs –Court Tombs –Wedge Tombs –Passage Tombs

59. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs

60. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Sophisticated Organization

61. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Sophisticated Organization Degree of Specialization in human activity

62. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Sophisticated Organization Degree of Specialization in human activity –Architects - design

63. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Sophisticated Organization Degree of Specialization in human activity –Architects - design –Stone Carvers -cut stones

64. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Sophisticated Organization Degree of Specialization in human activity –Architects - design –Stone Carvers -cut stones –Masons - build

65. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Sophisticated Organization Degree of Specialization in human activity –Architects - design –Stone Carvers -cut stones –Masons - build –Engineers create ramps & pulleys

66. Tombs and Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs –Sophisticated Organization Degree of Specialization in human activity –Architects - design –Stone Carvers -cut stones –Masons - build –Engineers create ramps & pulleys –Artists - spirals and lozenges.

69. The Bronze Age in Ireland

70. In 4500 B.C.E. farmers living in modern day Turkey learned to extract metal from rocks.

71. The Bronze Age in Ireland In 4500 B.C.E. farmers living in modern day Turkey learned to extract metal from rocks. The Bronze Age spread northwest along the trade routes.

72. The Bronze Age in Ireland In 4500 B.C.E. farmers living in modern day Turkey learned to extract metal from rocks. The Bronze Age spread northwest along the trade routes. –3500 B.C.E. it arrived in Spain.

73. The Bronze Age in Ireland In 4500 B.C.E. farmers living in modern day Turkey learned to extract metal from rocks. The Bronze Age spread northwest along the trade routes. –3500 B.C.E. it arrived in Spain. –2400 B.C.E. it reached Ireland.

74. The Bronze Age in Ireland 2400 B.C.E. forest covered most of Ireland.

75. The Bronze Age in Ireland 2400 B.C.E. forest covered most of Ireland. Tools of the Bronze Age allowed humans to shape their environment.

76. The Bronze Age in Ireland 2400 B.C.E. forest covered most of Ireland. Tools of the Bronze Age allowed humans to shape their environment. –Metal tools allowed them to do it faster and more effectively.

77. The Bronze Age in Ireland The Beaker Folk

78. The Bronze Age in Ireland The Beaker Folk –Bronze Age technology spread

79. The Bronze Age in Ireland The Beaker Folk –Bronze Age technology spread Warrior Aristocrats from Spain & Rhine Valley spread this new technology throughout Europe.

80. The Bronze Age in Ireland The Beaker Folk –Bronze Age technology spread Warrior Aristocrats from Spain & Rhine Valley spread this new technology throughout Europe. Better pottery and new skills in metal working.

81. The Bronze Age in Ireland The Beaker Folk –Bronze Age technology spread Warrior Aristocrats from Spain & Rhine Valley spread this new technology throughout Europe. Better pottery and new skills in metal working. Religious practices were changing

82. The Bronze Age in Ireland The Beaker Folk –Bronze Age technology spread Warrior Aristocrats from Spain & Rhine Valley spread this new technology throughout Europe. Better pottery and new skills in metal working. Religious practices were changing –Stone Circles appeared for the first time.