From Prehistory to Civilization 3,000-1,200 B.C.
- Language, Religion, Art, Technology, Farming, Family Life, and Village originated in prehistoric times
- during 3,000 B.C. the earliest form of developments started
- By 1,200 B.C. civilizations came into existence with Egyptian and Mesopotamian traditions
- Temple of Anon- Constructed in 1600 B.C. near an Egyptian city, this is still the worlds largest religious building today
- Fossils indicate that the first form of humanlike species started in East Africa
- 200,000 years ago the first human species appeared
- Paleolithic Age (old stone age)- Era began with the first species of human, everything was centered around stone
- Neolithic Age (new stone age)- followed the old stone age, this is when new technology started to become more advanced and new tools were built, agriculture started to develop
- The Neolithic age was followed by the Bronze age (3,000-1,000 B.C.) and then the iron age (after 1000 B.C.)
- During the Paleolithic age people migrated with the climate and animals, men usually hunted while women took care of children
- Agriculture Revolution- humans began making settlements and stopped migrating, they grew food by farming and domesticated animals
- Because of the massive supply of food and quality food storage new jobs occurred in the villages (farmers, artisans, traders, priests..)
- Wealth and power differed between people in these settlements as well
- In 6,000 B.C. the first agriculture villages appeared
- Trends that made agriculture to occur: new environmental conditions( planet got warmer), new development of techniques for domesticating plants and animals arose
- Religion also started in civilizations so people could worship Gods and nature and express their ideas
- Polytheism- The belief in more than one God
- There was also an even bigger difference in men and women labor, men worked harder while women just took care of children
- In 3,500 B.C. The earliest known civilizations arose
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