Wednesday, January 23, 2013

3rd day of class

Today in class we were talking about the essays we wrote over the weekend and comparing them to guns germs and steel. Then Mr. Schick told us he used to be a cab driver which is pretty awesome to me. Here are some of the notes i took during our class time today:
1. Neolithic age= New stone age.
2. 200,000 years ago, the first human species emerged in Southwestern Africa.
3. Earliest prehistoric age is Paleolithic age also known as the old stone age.
4. Initially, humans were part of migratory groups which hunted and fished and gathered some types of plants for food.
5. 14,000 years ago, a worldwide human race existed.
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                                                  AGRICULTURE REVOLUTION
6. villagers were polytheistic, worshiped multiple nature, animals, and God's.
7. Society shifted from hunting and gathering to more permanent civilizations.
8. Hierarchies appeared in village life.
9. Invention of the wheel and plow made possible to produce enough food for storage.
10. Higher population because mother shad enough time to stay home and care for the children now.

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