HISTORY 70B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stone Age
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Furthermore, strayer states that achievements and breakthroughs of the paleolithic and. Neolithic eras provided the foundation on which all subsequent human history was constructed (strayer 12). Therefore, if we do not discuss about the paleolithic and. Neolithic eras we would miss a massive and important time in human history. Paleolithic peoples abandoned nomadic ways and began to settle because populations grew, natural climate change began/the ice age ended, and people began to interact with each other more. As reported by strayer, the most significant change in the lives of the. Paleolithic peoples occurred as the last ice age came to an end and climate change came to light and allowing many plants and animals to flourish (strayer 24-25). With these new resources and better climate, people were allowed to permanently settle where they began to develop political elites, elements of a market economy, private ownership, and class distinctions. Moreover, the increase in permeant settlement brought about the.
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