1. The Agricultural Revolution

2. Mesolithic (c. 8000 B.C.) ► “Middle Stone” age ► Herding animals ► Domesticated animals (for food, wool, transportation) ► Nomads ► Realized they could grow their own food

3. Neolithic (8000 B.C.-4000 B.C.) ► “New Stone” age ► Farming begins “agricultural revolution” ► Villages are built (Jericho, Catal Huyuk)

4. Neolithic (8000 B.C.-4000 B.C.) ► More people are fed  higher population  unclean  spread of disease ► However, farming improves lives of people

5. Neolithic (8000 B.C.-4000 B.C.) ► Food surplus  free time to do other things: specialization (development of different kinds of jobs)  make things  trade

6. Neolithic (8000 B.C.-4000 B.C.) ► Otzi “The Ice Man” found in the Otztal Alps (between Austria and Italy) ► Lived about 5,300 years ago

7. Bronze Age (After 4000 B.C.-1200 B.C.) ► People make new metal: copper + tin = bronze ► Harder and longer lasting metal than copper ► Widely used