2. The Neolithic Age During most of history, most humans made their living by hunting and gathering By the end of this time period, Cro-Magnon man had developed art and complex tools . knives, throwing spears, fish hooks harpoons and sewing needle. Improved tools = improved health and increased food supply = increased population.
8. The Neolithic Revolution Agriculture and irrigation began in an area of the Middle East called the Fertile Crescent that stretched from Iraq to Egypt. Agriculture is believed to have been started 9000 years ago in Jarmo, an archeological site in the Zargros mountains in North East Iraq
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12. The Neolithic Revolution First Towns Develop Catal Huyuk Modern Turkey First settled: c. 7000BCE Jericho Modern Israel First settled: c. 7000BCE
16. The Neolithic Revolution Agricultural Surplus Agriculture = increased food production (invention of irrigation) Increased food = surplus = increased population (from 2 million to 60 million) Surplus = specialization of labor
What is life like if all plants and animals had to remain in their indigenous locations? How would the world have developed differently? Similar? Choose a topic/product/idea- what does their “Spread” Map look like now(2010)?
What is life like if all plants and animals had to remain in their indigenous locations? How would the world have developed differently? Similar? Choose a topic/product/idea- what does their “Spread” Map look like now(2010)?
