11th World History Chapter 1
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- No Written Records
- Prehistory
- how long ago was there evidence of people living
- 3,500,000
- where was most evidence found from
- AFrica
- dig for artifacts
- Archeologists
- studied the ancient culture
- Anthropologists
- Use the carbon from peoples bones to tell how old they are...C14
- Carbon Dating
- 3 1/2 millian years ago, first stage..known as southern apes, 1st to walk upright and used stone tools...found in Africa, herbavores
- Australopithecines
- 1.5 mil. years ago, improved stone tools, found fire-ward off animals
- homo erectus
- neanderthal and us-150,000 years ago...3rd stage..
- homo sapian
- age of hunters and gatherers, men and women equals
- paleolithic age
- traved from place to place
- nomads
- ice man, found frozen in Alps in perfect condition
- Otsi
- Gree for "new stone"
- Neolithic
- Change from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture (8,000)BC...some believe the revolution was the single most important event in human history
- Neolithic Revolution
- planting crops and domesticating animals for food, clothing, and work. made it possible for people to give up nomatic life and settle into communities
- Systematic Agriculture
- people that specialized in making stuff
- Artisans
- First Civilization
- Cata Huyuk
- First Metal Made
- Copper
- second metal made...more durable
- bronze
- people's way of life...civilization is a complex one
- culture
- 6 important characteristics of civilization
- cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art
- where did the first civiliaztions develop
- River Valleys
- the first governments were led by
- monarchs
- what explained nature and existence of things
- religion
- what wuz developed based on economic status
- social structure
- what was used to keep records and for creative expression
- writing