LECTURE 2 Flashcards
-invention and use of stone tools
-eventual transformation of the
society
-life is practically difficult
-limited to no written accounts
STONE, BRONZE, OR IRON AGE?
STONE AGE - Until about 3,000 BCE
hunting and gathering to
farming and food production is an example of?
Stone age
cave drawings & unearthed artifacts (such as stone tools & bone tools)
Stone age
Stone Age periods:
PALEOLITHIC
MESOLITHIC
NEOLITHIC
-Food gatherers/hunters
-Invented needle for sewing
-Nomads with no permanent shelters
PALEOLITHIC (OLD STONE) PERIOD
-Bone needle
-Venus
-Fur clothing
-Crude ornaments
& hunting tools
-Pit house
BELONGS TO WHAT PERIOD?
PALEOLITHIC (OLD STONE) PERIOD
Paleo - ??; lithos - ??
old, stone
Meso - ??; lithos - ??
middle, stone
Marked the end of the Last Ice Age
MESOLITHIC PERIOD
Smaller and more polished stone tools in mesolithic period
Microliths
Camps near rivers and other bodies of water
BELONGS TO WHAT PERIOD??
MESOLITHIC PERIOD
Agriculture was introduced and more permanent settlements in villages
-villages of hats and walled cities
ANONG PERIOD TO HA? PALEOLITHIC, MESOLITHIC, OR NEOLITHIC?
MESOLITHIC PERIOD
Neo - ??; lithos - ??
new, stone
Humans switched from hunter/gatherer
mode to agriculture, food production, and permanent shelters
THIS BELONGS TO WHAT PERIOD?
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Domesticated animals and grow grains
Weaving using loom
-begin to make textiles and clothing
Polished tools
Control over fire
ARE THESE PART OF PALEOLITHIC, MESOLITHIC, OR NEOLITHIC PERIOD?
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
What are the Three-Age System?
STONE AGE
BRONZE AGE
IRON AGE
Advances in metallurgy
88% copper & 12% tin
From ores through smelting
Ox-drawn plow and wheel
STONE, BRONZE, OR IRON AGE?
BRONZE AGE - 3300 – 1200 BC
water from natural sources to field in Bronze age
Irrigation
First ever soap of Human History
Cassia oil, water, and soluble
base known as Alkali
Organized government, law and warfare, and beginning religion
ANONG AGE TO HA
BRONZE AGE
Ancient Egyptians built pyramids
Earliest written accounts
-Egyptian hieroglyphs and
petroglyphs (rock engravings)
Rise of states or kingdoms
ARE THESE PART OF STONE, BRONZE, OR IRON AGE?
BRONZE AGE
Iron was first smelted from ore in
South Caucasus
Better smelting pits
-produce higher temperature
IRON AGE - 1500 BCE to 500 BCE
In this age, iron is more precious than gold.
IRON AGE
Better, sturdier, and more reliable
agricultural tools
Replaced bronze due to economical
reasons, not practicality
IRON AGE