Start of the Neolithic Times
What caused the ice age to end?
Warmer climates
What were the two most common crops raised in the Neolithic Age?
Wheat, barley
What new metal did they discover that was the strongest they had at the time?
Bronze
Where were the first civilizations formed?
River valleys
Why did they start writing?
To keep track of important things.
How did they get meat, wool, and milk from animals?
Domesticated them
What are the 4 most common animals to be domesticated in the Neolithic Age?
Cows, pigs, sheep, goats
What made this new metal better than the last one?
It was stronger and easier to make
What was the first type of government?
Monarchy
How were the classes definied?
Type of work, wealth, and power
When did the Neolithic Age start and end?
8000 BC to 4000 BC
What was the oldest community and where was it?
Jericho in present day Jordan and Israel.
What are the dates for the Bronze Age?
3000 BC to 1200BC
What are three things that made the areas for the first civilizations good?
Why were religions formed?
To help explain their lives.
What is Systematic Agriculture?
The organized growing of food on a regular schedule
About how many people were living in Turkey around 6700 BC?
About 6,000
What farming tools were made using the new metal?
Sickles and hoes
How is power passed on in the type of government they had?
Who made up the middle classes?
Free people, farmers, artisans, and craftspeople
What are two benefits to becoming farmers?
Constant food supply and population grown can happen faster
What are two products that came from the specialization of skills?
Pottery and woven baskets
Tin and copper
What two important things did the government do?
What were the first sculptures of?
The different gods and goddesses