HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Socratic Method, Romulus Augustulus, Quadrivium

• School: Ball State University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 150
• Professor: Robert Hall I I

Document Summary

The neolithic revolution and the rise of civilization. Civilization is based, not only on men, but on plants and animals. j. b. s. For 99% of human history men and women lived as hunter-gatherers; they lived in small, mobile bands of. 20 to 25 persons and obtained their subsistence through a combination of hunting animals and gathering wild plants: hunter-gathers. Moved around fixed territory in different times of the year to get resources. Gender division (work 20hrs week: men did the hunting, not every day tho, women did the gathering, everyday. They also ate palm hearts. elizabeth m. thomas, the old way: 106: why was there a neolithic revolution, series of change happened independently. 8000 bc world population = 4 to 5 million 2010 indiana population = 6. 5 million. Domestication of plants: would pick the seeds from the best plants to grow the next year. Sw asia: wheat, barley, chickpeas, and lentils (by 8500 bc)