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Chapter 1
The Beginnings of Civilization
Achievements Are Made in the
Old Stone Age
1
Prehistory
• Systems of writing and keeping records are
only 5,000 or 6,000 years old, while the story
of the human progress is much older
• The period of time before people kept written
records.
The Study of Prehistory
Scientists study evidence of the human past
Archaeologists find and study artifacts.
Scientific techniques are used to find the age
of artifacts.
• The period as a whole has been named the
Stone Age because many of the objects left
from the earliest part of prehistory are simple
stone tools and weapons.
• Some of the evidence they find is in the form
of artifacts – objects shaped by human being.
• Other evidence is provided by fossils – human
or animal bones and teeth and other traces
left in rocks by plants and animals.
• Archaeologists study places where prehistoric
people lived, looking for the remains of
homes, graves and towns and examining the
artifacts there.
• Anthropologists study artifacts, bones, and
other clues and try to determine what people
looked like, what they ate, how long they
lived, and other characteristics.
• Geologists analyze fossils and the rocks in
which they are found.
• Chemists and physicists use special methods
to estimate the ages of artifacts and other
remains from the past.
• Botanists and zoologists also contribute their
specialized knowledge about plants and
animals.
• Archaeological dig is a site where ancient
objects are deeply buried.
• The site are based on clues such as the shape
of the ground surface and stories or traditions
that indicate people once occupied the site.
Starting an excavation site
• Make a map of the site
• Soil is carefully removed layer by layer
• If a worker comes upon an artifact, he or she
uses a small, soft brush to remove the soil
without damaging the object
• Loosened soil may be sifted so that even tiny
objects are not lost
• Artifacts are
photographed, labeled, cleaned, and then
studied carefully to classify and identify them.
• Experts put together fragments of bone or
artifacts.
• They make drawings to show what an object
looks like before.
• Sample of clay, paint, and the like may be sent
to chemical laboratories to be analyzed.
Carbon-14 Dating
• Made in 1948 by an American
chemist, Williard Libby.
• Depends on the fact that all living organisms
contain a certain amount of carbon-14. When
the organism dies, the carbon-14 decrease at
a fixed rate. By analyzing how much carbon is
left, scientists can tell its approximate age.
Stone Age Hunters and Gatherers
Old Stone Age people hunt and gather food
Stone Age people make impressive
achievements
Neanderthal people develop beliefs
The environment undergoes changes
Cro-Magnon people develop art
• The men and women of the Paleolithic age
were nomads – people who have no
permanent homes but wander from place to
place.
• They made temporary homes in caves or in
tents constructed of branches and animal
skins.
• When the animals left the area or the food
supply ran short, the people moved on.
• In the Paleolithic period, human beings made
a variety of stone tools that had specific uses.
• Not all of the tools are made of stone.
Sharpened wooden sticks, hardened in a
fire, were used as spears. Later in the
period, splinters of bone were used as needles
and fishhooks.
• They learned to control and use fire, and they
used spoken language.
Neanderthal
• Lived from 10,000 to 40,000 years ago
• Named after the valley in Germany where the
first remains were found
• Had rituals they hoped would guarantee them
success in the hunt
• Carefully buried their dead, placing
tools, ornaments, food, and bunches of
wildflowers in the graves showing that they
may had religious beliefs including the idea of
life after death
• Most of the Cro-Magnon art has been found in
Europe and Asia.
• It includes beads, necklaces, and bracelets
carved from ivory, pebbles painted with
colorful designs, and small female figurines.
• A flute carved from bone suggests that they
played music.
• The first cave art was discovered almost by
accident.
• Scholars believe that the cave paintings were
made between 12,000 to 30,000 years ago.
• Late in the Old Stone Age, the earth’s weather
and climate changed and grew cooler.
• The most recent Ice Age is thought to have
reached its height about 20,000 years ago.
• The water level in the oceans dropped by
several hundred feet. Land that today is far
under water was exposed, sometimes forming
land bridges between islands and continents.
This event enabled people to move from one
island to another.
The New Stone Age Brings
Change
2
The Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)
• Although people still made tools of stone,
they learned to shape and polish them more
carefully.
• People first developed farming, tamed wild
animals, and established villages.
• They also learned to make pottery, weave
cloth, and work with metals.
Farming and herding begin in the Near East
Farmers settle in villages
Villagers develop special skills
Ideas of trade and private property develop
Çatal Hüyük provides information about
Neolithic life
Artisans develop new skills
Artisans learn to work with metals
• People in the Americas began to grow corn,
and herders in southwestern Asia tamed wild
horses for riding.
• Farming became a way of life throughout
Europe and Asia
• Farming gave people more dependable
sources of food.
• Men continued to hunt animals while women
and children tended crops.
• Farming people began to build permanent
settlements or villages.
• They spent part or all of a year near areas
where food was abundant
• In the Near East, villages were becoming
common by 8,000 years ago.
• One of the earliest towns was the walled city
of Jericho, built about 7,000 B.C.
• Some people devoted their time to non-
farming tasks.
• Some people had time to make tools and
weapons. Some made shelters or clothing
from animals skins. Some learned to weave
reeds into baskets. Some made pottery
containers for cooking and for storing food
and water.
• These workers became artisans – people with
skills in specialized crafts.
• The demand for the products of expert
artisans led to trade.
• The kind of trade in which a good is
exchanged for another is called barter.
• Increased trade and village living allowed
people to acquire more possessions.
• People also began to be concerned on
protecting what they owned.
Çatal Hüyük
• Had between 3,000 to 6,000 inhabitants
• The villagers built rectangular, flat-roofed
houses made of oak and bricks made of mud.
• People decorated their buildings.
• The main deity was a mother goddess who
was believed to control the harvest.
• The dead were buried in their homes.
• Neolithic people developed new technology.
• They learned to bake clay pottery and bricks
to make them more long-lasting.
• With potter’s wheel, they could shape plates
or bowls quickly and precisely.
• Toolmakers sharpened stone tools by grinding
them on rocks rather than chipping off flakes.
• They developed the plow – pulled by an oxen.
• People learned how to spin wool into thread.
• Invented the wheel and the sail.
• Copper was probably the first metal used.
• Soon, toolmakers discovered how to make
bronze by combining copper with a small
amount of tin.
• The Bronze Age is the period when bronze
replaced copper and stone as the main
material used in tools and weapons.
Civilizations Emerge in Asia and
Africa
3
• People’s food supply became more
reliable, the population increased, and trade
expanded.
• Settlements became larger, and some grew
into cities.
• Developments such as cities, organized
government and religion, specialized
occupations and advanced technology, and
writing characterize early civilization.
The first civilizations are in river valleys
Governments are organized
Government and religion are closely
connected
People in cities follow specialized
occupations
Systems of writing and record-keeping
develop
The first civilizations…
• The first civilizations emerged in four great
river valleys in Asia and Africa.
• Mesopotamian civilization (between Tigris
and Euphrates)
• Egyptian civilization (on the banks of the Nile
river)
• Indian civilization (Indus river)
• Chinese civilization (Yellow river)
Reasons why civilizations emerged
near the river valleys
• Rivers are a source of food and fresh water
• As agriculture developed, rivers supplied
water for growing crops and livestock.
• Some rivers flooded each year and deposited
fertile soil on the fields.
• Rivers encourage trade because travel on
water is easier than travel on land.
• The need to plan and direct irrigation and
flood control was one reason why
governments were organized.
• Such leaders in some villages became rulers.
• Rulers organized armies for defense and
brought together large numbers of people to
work on projects.
• Larger populations in cities also made
organized government necessary.
• Laws were issued to keep order among the
people.
• Neolithic people believed that there were
gods who controlled the natural forces.
• People sought ways to win the gods’ help and
approval.
• Religious rituals held an important place in
daily life.
• Belief and rituals helped shaped the
government.
• Rulers were seen either as gods or the chosen
representatives of the gods.
• Laws were seen as the ruler’s way of carrying
out commands from the gods.
• Priests held great power in the government.
• People labored and paid taxes for the building
of huge temples.
• From the offerings of people who wanted the
gods’ help, the temples became wealthy as
well as powerful.
• The population of an ancient city included
artisans, merchants, and government
officials, as well as a large number of ordinary
laborers, farmers, and fishermen.
• Working full-time at specialized jobs
encouraged the growth of new skills and new
knowledge.
• Some kind of record-keeping was developed.
• Government officials needed to write down
what taxes were owed or how much grained
was stored.
• Laws had to be written down.
• Priests needed to keep track the passage of
time.
• Merchants keep record of what they bought
and sold.
• The beginning of civilization marked the
beginning of written history.

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Chapter 1 - A History of the World

  • 1. Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Civilization
  • 2. Achievements Are Made in the Old Stone Age 1
  • 3. Prehistory • Systems of writing and keeping records are only 5,000 or 6,000 years old, while the story of the human progress is much older • The period of time before people kept written records.
  • 4. The Study of Prehistory Scientists study evidence of the human past Archaeologists find and study artifacts. Scientific techniques are used to find the age of artifacts.
  • 5. • The period as a whole has been named the Stone Age because many of the objects left from the earliest part of prehistory are simple stone tools and weapons. • Some of the evidence they find is in the form of artifacts – objects shaped by human being. • Other evidence is provided by fossils – human or animal bones and teeth and other traces left in rocks by plants and animals.
  • 6. • Archaeologists study places where prehistoric people lived, looking for the remains of homes, graves and towns and examining the artifacts there. • Anthropologists study artifacts, bones, and other clues and try to determine what people looked like, what they ate, how long they lived, and other characteristics.
  • 7. • Geologists analyze fossils and the rocks in which they are found. • Chemists and physicists use special methods to estimate the ages of artifacts and other remains from the past. • Botanists and zoologists also contribute their specialized knowledge about plants and animals.
  • 8. • Archaeological dig is a site where ancient objects are deeply buried. • The site are based on clues such as the shape of the ground surface and stories or traditions that indicate people once occupied the site.
  • 9. Starting an excavation site • Make a map of the site • Soil is carefully removed layer by layer • If a worker comes upon an artifact, he or she uses a small, soft brush to remove the soil without damaging the object • Loosened soil may be sifted so that even tiny objects are not lost
  • 10. • Artifacts are photographed, labeled, cleaned, and then studied carefully to classify and identify them. • Experts put together fragments of bone or artifacts. • They make drawings to show what an object looks like before. • Sample of clay, paint, and the like may be sent to chemical laboratories to be analyzed.
  • 11. Carbon-14 Dating • Made in 1948 by an American chemist, Williard Libby. • Depends on the fact that all living organisms contain a certain amount of carbon-14. When the organism dies, the carbon-14 decrease at a fixed rate. By analyzing how much carbon is left, scientists can tell its approximate age.
  • 12. Stone Age Hunters and Gatherers Old Stone Age people hunt and gather food Stone Age people make impressive achievements Neanderthal people develop beliefs The environment undergoes changes Cro-Magnon people develop art
  • 13. • The men and women of the Paleolithic age were nomads – people who have no permanent homes but wander from place to place. • They made temporary homes in caves or in tents constructed of branches and animal skins. • When the animals left the area or the food supply ran short, the people moved on.
  • 14. • In the Paleolithic period, human beings made a variety of stone tools that had specific uses. • Not all of the tools are made of stone. Sharpened wooden sticks, hardened in a fire, were used as spears. Later in the period, splinters of bone were used as needles and fishhooks. • They learned to control and use fire, and they used spoken language.
  • 15. Neanderthal • Lived from 10,000 to 40,000 years ago • Named after the valley in Germany where the first remains were found • Had rituals they hoped would guarantee them success in the hunt • Carefully buried their dead, placing tools, ornaments, food, and bunches of wildflowers in the graves showing that they may had religious beliefs including the idea of life after death
  • 16. • Most of the Cro-Magnon art has been found in Europe and Asia. • It includes beads, necklaces, and bracelets carved from ivory, pebbles painted with colorful designs, and small female figurines. • A flute carved from bone suggests that they played music. • The first cave art was discovered almost by accident. • Scholars believe that the cave paintings were made between 12,000 to 30,000 years ago.
  • 17. • Late in the Old Stone Age, the earth’s weather and climate changed and grew cooler. • The most recent Ice Age is thought to have reached its height about 20,000 years ago. • The water level in the oceans dropped by several hundred feet. Land that today is far under water was exposed, sometimes forming land bridges between islands and continents. This event enabled people to move from one island to another.
  • 18. The New Stone Age Brings Change 2
  • 19. The Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) • Although people still made tools of stone, they learned to shape and polish them more carefully. • People first developed farming, tamed wild animals, and established villages. • They also learned to make pottery, weave cloth, and work with metals.
  • 20. Farming and herding begin in the Near East Farmers settle in villages Villagers develop special skills Ideas of trade and private property develop Çatal Hüyük provides information about Neolithic life Artisans develop new skills Artisans learn to work with metals
  • 21. • People in the Americas began to grow corn, and herders in southwestern Asia tamed wild horses for riding. • Farming became a way of life throughout Europe and Asia • Farming gave people more dependable sources of food. • Men continued to hunt animals while women and children tended crops.
  • 22. • Farming people began to build permanent settlements or villages. • They spent part or all of a year near areas where food was abundant • In the Near East, villages were becoming common by 8,000 years ago. • One of the earliest towns was the walled city of Jericho, built about 7,000 B.C.
  • 23. • Some people devoted their time to non- farming tasks. • Some people had time to make tools and weapons. Some made shelters or clothing from animals skins. Some learned to weave reeds into baskets. Some made pottery containers for cooking and for storing food and water. • These workers became artisans – people with skills in specialized crafts.
  • 24. • The demand for the products of expert artisans led to trade. • The kind of trade in which a good is exchanged for another is called barter. • Increased trade and village living allowed people to acquire more possessions. • People also began to be concerned on protecting what they owned.
  • 25. Çatal Hüyük • Had between 3,000 to 6,000 inhabitants • The villagers built rectangular, flat-roofed houses made of oak and bricks made of mud. • People decorated their buildings. • The main deity was a mother goddess who was believed to control the harvest. • The dead were buried in their homes.
  • 26. • Neolithic people developed new technology. • They learned to bake clay pottery and bricks to make them more long-lasting. • With potter’s wheel, they could shape plates or bowls quickly and precisely. • Toolmakers sharpened stone tools by grinding them on rocks rather than chipping off flakes. • They developed the plow – pulled by an oxen. • People learned how to spin wool into thread. • Invented the wheel and the sail.
  • 27. • Copper was probably the first metal used. • Soon, toolmakers discovered how to make bronze by combining copper with a small amount of tin. • The Bronze Age is the period when bronze replaced copper and stone as the main material used in tools and weapons.
  • 28. Civilizations Emerge in Asia and Africa 3
  • 29. • People’s food supply became more reliable, the population increased, and trade expanded. • Settlements became larger, and some grew into cities. • Developments such as cities, organized government and religion, specialized occupations and advanced technology, and writing characterize early civilization.
  • 30. The first civilizations are in river valleys Governments are organized Government and religion are closely connected People in cities follow specialized occupations Systems of writing and record-keeping develop
  • 31. The first civilizations… • The first civilizations emerged in four great river valleys in Asia and Africa. • Mesopotamian civilization (between Tigris and Euphrates) • Egyptian civilization (on the banks of the Nile river) • Indian civilization (Indus river) • Chinese civilization (Yellow river)
  • 32. Reasons why civilizations emerged near the river valleys • Rivers are a source of food and fresh water • As agriculture developed, rivers supplied water for growing crops and livestock. • Some rivers flooded each year and deposited fertile soil on the fields. • Rivers encourage trade because travel on water is easier than travel on land.
  • 33. • The need to plan and direct irrigation and flood control was one reason why governments were organized. • Such leaders in some villages became rulers. • Rulers organized armies for defense and brought together large numbers of people to work on projects. • Larger populations in cities also made organized government necessary. • Laws were issued to keep order among the people.
  • 34. • Neolithic people believed that there were gods who controlled the natural forces. • People sought ways to win the gods’ help and approval. • Religious rituals held an important place in daily life. • Belief and rituals helped shaped the government. • Rulers were seen either as gods or the chosen representatives of the gods.
  • 35. • Laws were seen as the ruler’s way of carrying out commands from the gods. • Priests held great power in the government. • People labored and paid taxes for the building of huge temples. • From the offerings of people who wanted the gods’ help, the temples became wealthy as well as powerful.
  • 36. • The population of an ancient city included artisans, merchants, and government officials, as well as a large number of ordinary laborers, farmers, and fishermen. • Working full-time at specialized jobs encouraged the growth of new skills and new knowledge.
  • 37. • Some kind of record-keeping was developed. • Government officials needed to write down what taxes were owed or how much grained was stored. • Laws had to be written down. • Priests needed to keep track the passage of time. • Merchants keep record of what they bought and sold. • The beginning of civilization marked the beginning of written history.