Origins of Early Modernity: pt two

Question 1

When did people first settle in Eurpoe?

Answer 1

little less then 40,000 years ago

Question 2

What is the Upper Paleolithic?

Answer 2

• A period that lasted from (roughly) 50,000 to 10,000 years ago

*Upper = more recent (in the context of prehistory; think about an archeological dig: the stuff at the top is more recent than the stuff further down

Question 3

What happened in the Upper Paleolithic?

Answer 3

*Neanderthals in Europe

*First modern humans (Cro-Magnons) arrive circa 40,000 BP (Before Present), beginning in the Mediterranean

*Humans inhabit most of Europe c. 26,000 BP
*Last Glacial Maximum c. 15,000 B

Question 4

What is the technology in the upper paleolithic?

Answer 4

Stone tools (Old Stone Age)

Cave paintings

Question 5

What happened in Mesolithic: Middle Stone Age?

Answer 5

Start of farming

Question 6

What happened in Neolithic: New Stone Age?

Answer 6

*Sedentary culture (stay in one spot)

*Agriculture = domesticated animals and crops

*Megaliths = Stonehenge

Question 7

Why do they call it the Bronze Age?

Answer 7

Bronze Age refers to adoption of tools made from bronze. In areas where these tools persisted for longer, we see a longer Bronze Age