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.