Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras
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Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras
Global History & Geography 9
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Paleolithic Era
5 Things You Should Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcC2v1cLXso
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Paleolithic Era
Known as the "Old Stone Age" because simple stone tools were used
Earliest period in human history
People were nomadic: they migrated from place to place in constant search of food
They were also known as hunter-gatherers
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Paleolithic Era
Food: Hunting and gathering
Dwellings: Caves, nomadic people
Technology: Digging sticks, spears, axes, and spoken language
Religion & Art: Cave paintings, religious statues, and belief in afterlife
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Neolithic Era
5 Things You Should Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBrkYxf4798
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Neolithic Era
Learned how to farm & use irrigation
Began to live in permanent settlements
Job specialization (new skilled professions such as tool-making, pottery, weaving, carpentry, etc.)
Domestication of animals
Division of labor led to gender inequality
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Neolithic Era
Food: Farming, domesticated animals
Dwellings: Permanent villages, stone houses
Technology: Stone tools, polished ax heads, arrowheads, weaving cloth, calendar, wheel
Religion & Art: Jewelry, buried dead in earthen tombs
Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras
Global History & Geography 9
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