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neolithic revolution

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? ? ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE 1. Define agriculture: 2. Define crop: 3a. What are the characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society? b. How many hunter-gatherers are there today? c. Where do they live? 4a. Define vegetative planting: b. What types of plants were first propagated in this way? c. What animals were associated with the societies that used vegetative planting? 5a. Define seed agriculture: b. What crops were first propagated in this way? c. What animals were associated with the societies that used seed agriculture? ? CLASSIFYING AGRICULTURAL REGIONS

Chapter 1 The Earth and Its Peoples

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Chapter 1 Outline ? The Neolithic Revolution LECTURE/DISCUSSION ?THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS? A. The Neolithic Revolution Pre-revolution For 99% of human existence, our forbears lived by hunting and foraging These individuals were tied to the seasons of plant foods and the movements of animals Deliberated cultivation of food (beginning of food production) began about 10,000 years ago > called the Neolithic Revolution The development of agriculture most clearly moved humans toward a more sophisticated social and cultural patterns B. What is an agricultural society? Humans settle in one spot and focus on particular economic, political, and religious goals and activities most people are farmers production of food is the number 1 economic activity C. Initial Development

Chatper 1 The Earth and Its Peoples Outline

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Chapter 1 Outline ? The Neolithic Revolution LECTURE/DISCUSSION ?THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS? A. The Neolithic Revolution Pre-revolution For 99% of human existence, our forbears lived by hunting and foraging These individuals were tied to the seasons of plant foods and the movements of animals Deliberated cultivation of food (beginning of food production) began about 10,000 years ago > called the Neolithic Revolution The development of agriculture most clearly moved humans toward a more sophisticated social and cultural patterns B. What is an agricultural society? Humans settle in one spot and focus on particular economic, political, and religious goals and activities most people are farmers production of food is the number 1 economic activity C. Initial Development

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CIVILIZATION Paleolithic/Neolithic Periods Time Period P: Generally accepted to start around 2 Million years ago and ended at Neolithic?s start N: Began About 12,000 Yrs ago (10,000BCE), ended at the start of the river valley civilizations Geographic Description P: There were shifts in the Earth?s climate which at time included ice ages. Early people began to migrate in search of food (followed wild herds);nomads hunted and gathered food N: Ice sheets rescinded and in the more temperate zones, domestication of plants and animals occurred with the 1st area being the Middle East; farming spread along similar line of latitude Political: P:

APHUG 11.1 NOTES

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Insights The First Agricultural Revolution -Geographers believe that plant domestication began in Asia & South America over 14,000 years ago -This led to the planned cultivation of root crops -Geographers believe that seed crop cultivation began around 12,000 years ago in the Nile River Valley and Mesopotamia regions -This was much more complex than root crops (had to have more elaborate watering, sowing & harvesting) -This marked the beginning of the ?First Agricultural Revolution? -Impact of First Agricultural Revolution led to amore reliable food source & permanent settlements -This led to the first time period of population growth -All of these agricultural hearths eventually experienced diffusion to other areas

agricultire outline

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Miles Diehl 3rd Period Agriculture Agriculture 1. What is agriculture, and where did agriculture begin? Agriculture is the deliberate tending of crops and livestock to produce food, feed, fiber, and fuel. Primary economic activities: Economic activities that involve the extraction of economically valuable products from the earth, including agriculture, ranching, hunting and gathering, fishing, forestry. Secondary economic activities: Activities (ex., manufacturing) that take a primary product and change it into something else such as toys, ships, processed foods, chemicals, and buildings. Tertiary economic activities are those service industries that connect producers to consumers and facilitate commerce and trade or help people meet their needs.

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The Bronze Age (3000 BC) ? Key Question from Lecture: What aspects of life during the bronze age in Afroeurasia distinguish it from earlier eras? ? technology ? plow, tools & weapons ? plow only useful in areas of harder soil ? sticks used in softer soil areas ? depended on environment ? maritime trade ? star charts---planning ? WRITING ? population grew: 8000 BC ? there was a population boom leading up to the bronze age ? Writing ? The code of Hammurapi (c. 1792 BC) ? only the elite can read --> power ? emerging class differences ? hierarchy ? slavery/ class ? legal system that favors the wealthy (slaveholder) ? gender ? differentiation based on ? class ? gender ? women have fewer rights but they have some ? ex: they can initiate divorce

Chapter 1 Summary

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Part I The Origins of Civilization Summary. The first human beings appeared over two million years ago, with major stages in physical development ending about 140,000 years ago. They discovered tool using and improving and thus were able to move away from hunting and gathering practices to form larger groups. The key markers for the origins of human societies are the beginnings of agriculture, about 9000 B.C.E., and the achievement of the societies that followed. By 1000 B.C.E. several civilizations were ready for more elaborate political and cultural forms. The Neolithic Revolution. Humans had spread widely long before agriculture was invented. Their hunting and gathering techniques kept them in small bands. Agriculture made larger systems possible, but

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