The Agricultural Revolution

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The Agricultural Revolution

• Unit 1 Prehistory

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The Paleolithic Age
Tool usage
The invention of technology
Hunting and gathering bands (20-30
people) Constantly moving from place to place
Nomadic
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Homo Erectus
Migration
First group of early humans to move into Europe
and Asia
First group to control fire
Fire
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Homo Sapians
Neanderthals
First humans to bury their dead First humans to
make clothing First humans to make shelter (tents)
Our first documented ancestor Eventually
replaced Neanderthals
Cro-Magnons
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The Neolithic Age
Tool usage
The invention of technology
Changing the environment
Mastery of fire
Language
The invention of communication
Art
The invention of humanity
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The Agricultural Revolution
Food Production (Farming)
Hunter Gatherer
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The Agricultural Revolution

• 9,000 10,000 years ago (approx 6,000 BC)
• Linked directly to the end of the last Ice Age

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The Agricultural Revolution
Slash burn farming
Converting forests into fertile fields
Domesticating animals for farm use
Animal Husbandry
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Agricultural Village Life
The Neolithic Revolution
The beginning of settled life
Control over animals
Domestication
Technology
The beginning of progress
Food Surpluses
The existence of large stockpiles of food
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The Earliest Settlements

• Earliest agricultural settlement in Jarmo (Iraq)
  settlement founded ca. 7,000 BC
• Catal Huyuk (Turkey) by 6,000 BC supporting a
  population of approx. 6,000

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Cave Art Analysis

• Who/What are the subjects of the image?
• What appears to be happening in the image?
• Why do you think the image was painted?
• What does this image tell you about pre-historic
  man?
• Imagine you are the artist give the image a
  title.

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Your Turn

• How are the agricultural revolution the last
  ice age connected?
• What effect did the revolution have on human
  population?
• What effect(s) did the revolution have on human
  culture?

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Neolithic Man 5,000 B.C.