HIST 1001 Chapter : Palaeolithic And Neolithic Cultures
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What is history: herodotus father of history wrote history of the persian wars, history is not just about facts history is literature, to research the past you need a source of materials, history is not purely objective. Prehistorical period: before writing: paleontologist: studies prehistory. Neolithic (new stone age) approximately 10,000-3,000 b. c. e: began at the end of the last ice age, by this time, homo sapiens sapiens were the only human species left anatomically modern humans . Neolithic/agricultural revolution 10,000-8,000 b. c. e: went from hunting and gathering to producing food (biggest change, humans could now build permanent settlements since they were producing, early neolithic settlements. Jericho (in palestine: catal huyuk (in modern day turkey) Ain ghazal: settled in areas of moderate rainfall, population never larger than a few thousand, houses of brick with entrances on the top, there were no streets, so people walked on the rooftops, domesticated animals.
