The Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural RevolutionUnit 1: Prehistory
The Paleolithic AgeThe Paleolithic Age
Tool usageTool usage The invention of technology The invention of technology
Hunting and gathering bands (20-30 people)Hunting and gathering bands (20-30 people)
Constantly moving from place to placeConstantly moving from place to place
NomadicNomadic
Homo ErectusHomo Erectus
MigrationMigration First group of early humans to move First group of early humans to move into Europe and Asiainto Europe and Asia
First group to control fireFirst group to control fireFireFire
Homo SapiansHomo Sapians
NeanderthalsNeanderthals First humans to bury their deadFirst humans to bury their dead
First humans to make clothingFirst humans to make clothing
First humans to make shelter (tents)First humans to make shelter (tents)
““Our” first documented ancestor Our” first documented ancestor
Eventually replaced NeanderthalsEventually replaced Neanderthals
Cro-MagnonsCro-Magnons
The Neolithic AgeThe Neolithic Age
Tool usageTool usage The invention of technology The invention of technology
Changing the environmentChanging the environmentMastery of fireMastery of fire
LanguageLanguage The invention of communicationThe invention of communication
ArtArt The invention of “humanity” The invention of “humanity”
The Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural Revolution
Food Food Production Production (Farming) (Farming)
The Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural Revolution
• 9,000 – 10,000 years ago (approx 6,000 BC)
• Linked directly to the end of the last Ice Age
The Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural Revolution
Slash & burn Slash & burn farmingfarming
Converting forests into Converting forests into fertile fieldsfertile fields
Domesticating animals for farm useDomesticating animals for farm useAnimal HusbandryAnimal Husbandry
Agricultural Village LifeAgricultural Village Life
The Neolithic Revolution
The beginning of settled life
Control over animalsDomestication
TechnologyThe beginning of “progress”
Food Surpluses The existence of large stockpiles of food
The Earliest SettlementsThe Earliest Settlements • Earliest agricultural settlement in Jarmo (Iraq)
settlement founded ca. 7,000 BC
• Catal Huyuk (Turkey) by 6,000 BC supporting a population of approx. 6,000
Cave Art AnalysisCave Art Analysis
Who/What are the subjects of the image?Who/What are the subjects of the image?
What appears to be happening in the image?What appears to be happening in the image?
Why do you think the image was painted?Why do you think the image was painted?
What does this image tell you about pre-historic What does this image tell you about pre-historic man?man?
Imagine you are the artist: give the image a title.Imagine you are the artist: give the image a title.
Your Turn:Your Turn:• How are the
agricultural revolution & the last ice age connected?
• What effect did the revolution have on human population?
• What effect(s) did the revolution have on human culture?
Neolithic Man: 5,000 Neolithic Man: 5,000 B.CB.C.