Unit 1 Flashcards
2 mill years that we have existed
Paleolithic old stone age
Fire tamed
Old stone age
Humanoids species that emerged as most successful at end of paleolithic period
Homo sapiens
B/t 8000 and 5000 bce period in which adaptation of sendentary agriculture occured domestication of animals accomplished (centered around agric
Neolithic age
Succession of technology logical innovations and changes in human organizations that led to the development of agriculture
8500 to3500
4000 BCE when bronze tools were first introduced in the middle east to about 1500 BCE when iron began to replace it
Bronze age
Mesopotamia, egypt, indus river basin, and china
Bronze age
A system of cultivation typical of sniffing cultivators; forest floors cleared by fire are then planted
Slash and burn
8000 to 5000 bce adaptation of sedentary agriculture domestication of plants and animals
Manipulation of tools
Reproduction
New stone age (era)
Consequences of neolithic revolution
Invention of agriculture
Surplus
Metal tools
4000 BCE
From about 400 BCE when bronze tools were first introduced in middle east till 500
Bronze age
Yrban culture based on sedentary agriculture located in modern south turkey
Catal huyuk
Sedentary agriculture and ability to pruduce food surpluses
Civilizations
Cuneiform
Form of writing developed by sumerians (mesopotamians)
