Paleolithic
->Neolithic
->Neolithic
Early humans during the Paleolithic Era survived by migrating from place to place to find food, making them known as these
Nomads and Hunter/Gatherers
An economic trading system where people exchange goods and services directly without using money or coins.
Barter Economy
A system of organized beliefs, values, and practices that often included worshiping gods to explain natural events.
Religion
The Agricultural Revolution caused human populations to experience this massive change.
Population Growth
A period of 100 years
Century
Translating literally to "Old Stone Age," this long time period occurred before humans learned to farm.
Paleolithic Era
When a society has a food surplus, it leads to this system where people can focus on jobs other than farming, like weaving or pottery.
Labor Specialization/Division of Labor
This characteristic provides law, order, leadership, and defense for a growing civilization.
Government
This characteristic of civilization was only made possible because the Agricultural Revolution created a food surplus.
Stable food supply/labor specialization
On a historical timeline, these two abbreviations stand for dates occurring before Year 1 A.D. (the year zero place-marker).
BC, Before Christ, BCE, Before Common Era
Translating to "New Stone Age," this historical era began around 8000 BCE with the birth of settled agriculture.
Neolithic Era
If a farmer trades a basket of wheat directly to a potter for a clay jar, they are participating in this economic interaction.
Barter (trade)
Inventions and tools created to make work easier, such as the wheel, irrigation systems, or the plow.
Technology
The transition from stone tools to bronze tools marks a major leap in this characteristic of civilization.
Technology
Latin for "around" or "approximately," historians use this term (often abbreviated as c. or ca.) when an exact historical date is unknown, such as "c. 8000 BCE."
Circa
Having a dependable, long-term food supply that prevents starvation across an entire city or region.
Stable Food Supply/Food Surplus
Staying in one place permanently rather than moving around to follow food sources is known as this type of lifestyle.
Sedentary
A civilization's shared music, art, architecture, beliefs, and way of life make up this characteristic.
Culture
Without this specific technology used to direct water from rivers to dry farmland, early river valley cities could not maintain a stable food supply.
Irrigation
These two modern, secular timeline designations mean "Common Era" and "Before Common Era," replacing AD and BC in many textbooks.
CE and BCE
While Paleolithic people made basic tools out of chipped flint and bone, Neolithic people created advanced agricultural tools like this handheld curved blade used for harvesting crops.
Sickle or Plow
Labor specialization ultimately led to the creation of these distinct social groups based on wealth, job type, and power.
Social Classes
Early governments were often led by monarchs who claimed their power came directly from this source.
Gods (Divine Authority)
These specialized record-keepers held high status in ancient social structures because they were among the few who knew how to write.
Scribes
What century would 46 BC be in?
1st Century BCE