Friday, January 31, 2014

notes

  • LO1- trace the key developments of prehistory, from the emergence of our human ancestors to the beginnings of village life.c
  • Egypt was the first known early civilization in about 3500 B.C
  • from prehistoric to civilization/ 3000-1200 B.C.
  • human like species started to appear 2 and a half million years ago (their brain started to grow larger, making possible language and abstract thoughts)
  • The temple of Amon- worlds largest religious building made in 1600 B.C.
  • prehistory- the period before history was recorded through written documents
  • before civilization was the prehistoric era
  • Paleolithic- old stone age
  • Hunting and gathering way of life in the paleolithic age
  • Neolithic age - when metals replaced stone
  • cave paintings
  • Agricultural revolution also called the Neolithic revolution
  • agricultural revolution- the shift from hunting and gathering food to a more settled way of life based on farming
  • several things contributed to the beginning of agriculture
                new environmental conditions, the development of techniques for domesticating plants, the development of techniques for domesticating animals

  • Neolithic storage jar
  • polytheism- the belief of many gods and goddesses

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