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The Beginning of Agriculture

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• Main Idea / Reading Focus
• The New Stone Age
• Development of Agriculture
• Map Growth of Agriculture
• Agriculture Changes Society

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The Beginning of Agriculture
Main Idea The development of agriculture was a
major turning point in human history and
significantly changed the way in which many
people lived.

• Reading Focus
• What new tools and technologies did early humans
  develop during the New Stone Age?
• How did early agriculture develop and spread?
• In what ways did the development of agriculture
  change Stone Age society?

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The New Stone Age
As prehistoric people developed more
sophisticated tools, the Paleolithic Era gave way
to the Neolithic Era.
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Contrast How did toolmaking in the New Stone Age
differ from toolmaking in the Old Stone Age?
Answer(s) Old Stone Agechipped stones to
produce sharp edges New Stone Agepolished and
ground stones to shape tools
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Development of Agriculture
The development of agriculture, about 10,000
years ago, radically changed how people lived.
This shift to farming is referred to as the
Neolithic Revolution.
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Identify Cause and Effect How did people benefit
from farming and the domestication of plants and
animals?
Answer(s) more reliable food supply people
could pool labor and resources
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Agriculture Changes Society

• Agriculture dramatically changed Stone Age
  societies by providing a larger and more reliable
  food supply.
• Some people began to live as nomadic
  pastoralists.
• Others gave up the nomadic lifestyle and formed
  settlements, pooling their resources.

• As people began to make items from bronze, the
  Stone Age gave way to the Bronze Age, which began
  as early as 3000 BC in some areas.

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Çatal Hüyuk

• A Neolithic settlement in what is now Turkey
• Largest Neolithic site found
• Home to 5,0006,000 people in 6000 BC
• Covered more than 30 acres
• People raised barley, wheat, sheep, goats
• Houses
• One main room with areas for sleeping and
  domestic tasks like cooking
• Religious shrines

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Ötzi the Iceman

• Discoveries added to our knowledge of Neolithic
  societies
• 1991- hikers discover frozen male body
• Scientific tests performed
• 5,300 years old, from Neolithic Era

• Ötzi and belongings well preserved
• Clothes three types of animal skins stitched
  together
• Leather shoes, woven grass cape, fur hat,
  backpack
• Quiver with arrows, dagger, ax with copper blade

• Scientists theories
• Diet included coarse grains
• Did not live in location where found
• Might have been murdered

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Summarize How did the development of agriculture
affect Neolithic societies?
Answer(s) revolutionary changes men and women
assumed different roles led to towns,
government, religion, trade