1. The Paleolithic Age
2.5 Million years-8000 B.C.

2. Cave of Lascaux France Around 17,000 years old
About 2,000 images of animals, humans, and abstract signs

3. Ice Age Reduction of the Earth’s temperature
Last Ice Age ended about 10,000 years ago
Causes are not fully understood

4. Can you farm here?

5. Stone Age tools
Flint, bone, antlers, sandstone, shell, wood were all used to make tools

6. Human Evolution

7. Neolithic Revolution (Agricultural Revolution)

8. Life Before the Agriculture
Food Supply
Nomadic – roaming existence, as the food in an area was consumed, man moved on
Migrated with the herds
Shelter
- Temporary shelters made of wood and hides
- Caves

9. Life Before the Agriculture
Social Structure
based on the family, called a clan
Art & Innovation
Cave paintings and primitive stone tools
Specialization
number one priority was to find food
Language
Only verbal communication

10. Development of Agriculture
Man learns to farm, he is able to settle in one place and acquire more things. Although known as a revolution, these changes occurred throughout the world over several thousand years

11. Life After the Agriculture
Food Supply
Food Producing: planted, harvested, and stored crops.
Domesticated animals are used for food and as beasts of burden.
Hunting
Shelter
Use of mud bricks and eventually stones as building material
Villages located near other reliable food sources (rivers)

12. Life After the Agriculture
Social Structure
Men farmed, herded, and hunted
Women did jobs near the home: child-rearing, food preparation, etc.
Religion developed to explain the forces of nature
Governments developed to organize activities.
Art & Innovation
Carving and statuary, complex metal tools
Architecture

13. Life After the Agriculture
Specialization
People begin to specialize in various tasks: (tool maker, potter)
Regional trade
Language
Development of pictographic languages (Egyptian Hieroglyphic) or written language.
Developed to keep records concerning food storage & trade

14. What is a Civilization?
Civilization - An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in society.
arts and sciences
record-keeping
writing
complex political and social institutions.

15. Features of a Civilization
Government – can range from being basic to very complex
( a student council is considered a form of governing body).
Written language – record keeping became necessary. Why?
Division of labor or specialization in jobs – breaking down work into several parts and assigned to various people

16. Features of a Civilization
Social classes–can be determined on different things, including: wealth, power, different ethnicity, etc.
Advanced technical skills- inventions, sometimes it means things like art and/or architecture
Religion or belief system –usually is comprised of people who share similar beliefs. It may vary somewhat among the people