Chapter 1.2 Flashcards
(9 cards)
When was the New Stone Age/Neolithic period?
10,000 B.C. to End of Prehistory - New Stone Age / Neolithic Period
How were people during that time?
They were nomads, usually 20-30 people per groups uncover by hunting and fishing, men hunted woman and children gathered.
When was the old Stone Age/Paleolithic time period?
2 Million B.C. To 10,000 B.C. - Old Stone Age / Paleolithic Period
When did people leave evidence of their beleifs and how long ago?
Toward end of Old Stone Age, people began to leave evidence of their belief in a spiritual world, about 100,000 years ago, burying of dead with great care
When did the New Stone Age begin?
Began 12,000 years ago (about 10,000 B.C.)
What did nomadic people learn to do?
Nomadic people learned to FARM
What was one of the first cities?
Catalhuyuk - in modern day Turkey and Jericho - in Israel today
What’s the Neolithic revolution?
The Neolithic Revolution commenced - live in one place with farming, permanent villages began to emerge
What is the Neolithic skeleton found frozen?
Much learned from the ICEMAN - Neolithic man found preserved in snow in the Alps along with tools and belongings.
