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10 Cards in this Set
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Old Stone Age
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Paleolithic Age
2.500.00 B.C. - 10.000 B.C. |
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New Stone Age
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Neolithic Age
10.000 B.C. - 4.000 B.C. |
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B.C. vs. A.D.
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B.C. : Before Christ (before Jesus was born); earlier it is = smaller numbers, later it is = bigger numbers
A.D. : Anno Domini (In the year of our lord) (year Jesus was born and on/forward) |
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Prehistory
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Everything that happened before written records
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What are archaeologists looking for
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Artifacts (tools, pottery, weapons, etc.) (handmade and man-made stuff)
Fossilized remains (found in really dry or really cold places) |
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Neolithic Age
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Started in the end of the last Ice Age, glaciers retreat and the climate warms
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Systematic Agriculture
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Gathering switches to regular crops
Hunting switches to the domestication of animals for meat, milk, and wool |
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Surplus of Food
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Ended nomadic lifestyle
Permanent settlements Artisans could focus on one special craft |
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Use of Metal
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Copper Age (4.000 B.C. - 3.000 B.C.) easy to shape but weak
Bronze Age (3,000 B.C. - 1.200 B.C.) copper and tin combo, stronger(?) |
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Dawn of Civilization
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3.500 B.C.
Ends Prehistory |
