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CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1. BEFORE HISTORY. EARLY LIFE. Homo sapiens by 10,000 B.C.E. Larger brain Tools, weapons. PALEOLITHIC CULTURE. Gender division of labor Men Women. PALEOLITHIC CULTURE. 12,000 B.C.E. Hunting-gathering Spread to other parts. The Neolithic Revolution – 8000 to 3500 B.C.E .

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CHAPTER 1

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  1. CHAPTER 1 BEFORE HISTORY

  2. EARLY LIFE • Homo sapiens by 10,000 B.C.E. • Larger brain • Tools, weapons

  3. PALEOLITHIC CULTURE • Gender division of labor • Men • Women

  4. PALEOLITHICCULTURE • 12,000 B.C.E. • Hunting-gathering • Spread to other parts

  5. The Neolithic Revolution –8000 to 3500 B.C.E. • Plants/Animals

  6. The Spread of Agriculture

  7. Neolithic Revolution • Diffusion • Northern China • Rice • Southeast Asia • Mesoamerica, Peru • Maize, sweet potatoes

  8. POPULATION Increases • Preneolithic • 5-8 million • 4000 B.C.E. • 70 million

  9. IMPACT? • Specialized occupations • Regional trade • Communal ownership • Women’s role decreases

  10. The First Towns • Jericho • Jordan River • 7000 B.C.E. • Wheat, barley • Hunting, trading • Building • Brick houses • Elites

  11. The First Towns • Innovations • Plow, wheel • States • Larger, centralized • Trade • Writing • trade, power, culture

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