The neolithic age was a time of great advancement among homo sapiens. The neolithic age, often referred to as the New stone age or Bronze age, occurred from 8,000 B.C.E. - 3,000 B.C.E. There was much development in agriculture, communication, economics, government, society, culture, and art. Three of the most important achievements though, are farming, discovery of copper, and writing. These are some of the most crucial pieces of human history, and for any reasons.
Farming was one of the most important tools for the hominids of the neolithic age. It supplied them with a steady source of food so they didn’t have to rely on hunting animals and gathering plants all the time. The cause of this sudden agricultural transformation can be traced back to the rising temperatures. It caused the glaciers and ice caps to melt, which in turn fertilized the soil. The early humans had different tools and methods of …show more content…
It was very popular among many settlements, especially in Europe, discovered around 3,500 B.C.E. When combined with tin, copper can form bronze which was even more precious than copper. It was a very meticulous and scrupulous process to harvest the copper and another painstaking process to melt it down for use. Copper could be used for many different things including making bronze, weapons and spears, jewelry, ornaments, vases, construction, metal alloys, and other metal tools. Copos, which means cups, are one of the copper artifacts found today, mostly in Portuguese Estremadura. It has intricate decorations on it. Another artifact found today are almagra ware. As well as being one of the first metals commonly used, copper can be recycled. It could signify social status and wealth depending on how much of it you owned. Copper is also associated with religion because many people were buried with valuable copper and bronze artifacts. Copper could be considered the ”gold of