Week 1 Flashcards
period of weapons made of stone, wood, bone, and other materials
Stone Age (2.5 mya - 3000 BC)
3 Age Systems
- Stone Age
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
tools and weapons are already widely made with bronze and copper
Bronze Age (3000 - 1200 BC)
tools and weapons were made with iron
Iron Age (1500 BC - 450 AD)
3 Periods of Stone Age
- Palaeolithic Period
- Mesolithic Period
- Neolithic Period
[STONE AGE PERIOD] handmade tools and onjects found in nature
Palaeolithic Period
[STONE AGE PERIOD] tools/objects found in nature: bow and arrow, fish basket, boats
Mesolithic Period
[STONE AGE PERIOD] chisel, hoe, plough, yoke, grain pourer, loom, earthenware
Neolithic Period
[ECONOMY] hunting and gathering
Stone Age (Palaeo and Meso)
[ECONOMY] revolution, transition to agriculture; gathering, hunting, fishing, and domestication
Stone Age (Neolithic)
[ECONOMY] Agriculture: cattle-breeding, agriculture, craft, trade
Bronze and Iron Age
[TOOLS] copper and bronze tools, potter’s wheel
Bronze Age
[HABITATION] mobile lifestyle: caves, huts or skin hovels, mostly by rivers and lakes
Stone Age (Palaeo and Meso)
[HABITATION] farms
Stone Age (Neolithic) and Bronze Age
[HABITATION] formation of cities
Iron Age
[SOCIETY] band of edible-plant gatherers and hunters (25-100 peeps)
Stone Age (Palaeo)
[SOCIETY] tribes and bands
Stone Age (Mesolithic)
[SOCIETY] tribes and formation of chiefdoms in some ___ societies at the end of the period
Stone Age (Neolithic) and Bronze Age
[SOCIETY] formation of states
Iron Age
there are major developments in science and tech in some parts of the world during this age
Middle Age (450-1450 AD)
3 places that lead developments during middle age
China, India, Europe
developments in China
- agriculture and economy
- science (physics, math, astronomy, medical biology)
- technology
developments in europe
- economy
- education (cathedral school/univ)
- technology
- medicine
developments in india
- science
