Neolithic Revolution

The Arabian Peninsula is a harsh but beautiful desert landscape. Its location in the world in many ways influenced the unique culture that it came to be today. The amount of land suitable for farming and agriculture was difficult to find. This created a culture that split into two ways of life known as settler and nomadic. Nomads, or ‘bedouins,’ were small tribes that would travel from place to place, seeking water and grazing land for their herds. Because there was so little land to farm in…

Geographic location affects what animals are available to a civilization by where the animals are native from. This gives Eurasians in that time an increased amount of meat, protein, milk, clothing, fuel for fires, shelter, blankets, more ways of farming, fertilizer which spreads seeds, and transportation which makes moving food and equipment way easier. The geographic location for some countries affects them greatly because there is only 1 hotspot with 13 of the 14 domesticated animals. This…

Stonehenge. One of Great Britain’s most well-known and ancient landmarks, this roughly circular arrangement of stones is visited by countless tourists each year. So well-known is Stonehenge in fact, that the geography and culture of the United Kingdom can no longer be discussed without at least a passing mention of the landmark. It is safe to say that Stonehenge has deeply rooted itself within Britain’s history and identity and yet, despite how ostensibly important it is, it is interesting to…

Prehistoric times have been a mystery for modern humans for centuries. These times span from the formation of the Earth, about 4.5 billion years ago, all the way to the Iron Age, which ended about 3,200 years ago. This paper will be discussing the Precambrian times first, due to it being the oldest period in Earth's history. The next paragraph will talk about the Phanerozoic eon, which contained the first forms of life on Earth. The last paragraph will be about the most recent period, which has…

system and the Bronze Age was the second period of the system, before the Iron Age and after the Stone Age. It began in 4000 BCE and lasted until 1500 BCE. It was distinguished by the use of bronze. The Bronze Age was a period of time after the Neolithic Age when ancient humans upgraded from making tools out of stone and hunting and gathering their food to mining and smelting copper and tin in order to make bronze tools, weapons, and farm equipment and learning about agriculture. This gave them…

Stonehenge is a large collection of rocks located in Amesbury. There are many theories to why Stonehenge exists but the original thought is still a mystery. We still don't know how people with not very much technology lifted the rocks to build it like the largest of the rocks is claimed to be 25 tons in weight and is also believed to of been moved 32 kilometers north from its original location. People think that it was built by Celtic high priests known as the Druids. This theory was by an…

(Tools) The origin of tools was nothing more than simple rocks that were broken down slightly. They had very little dimension to them, having no real purpose. They were used to kill and maim animals but were not as precise as more modernized societies. This is where the most difference is shown between the hominid species. It is clear to an archaeologist which tool comes from which species of people or from which time period based off physical presence of it. Was the tool banged up on other…

The Paleolithic period, also known as Old Stone Age, was a remarkable period that encompassed the creation and use of chipped stone tools that characterized the evolution of technology from the Oldowan to the Acheulian, Mousterian, and Upper Paleolithic periods. Early stone tools, known as chopper tools or hammer stones, were discovered by archaeologists at several sites in eastern and southern Africa. Using a technique called percussion flaking, hammer stone tools were used to remove flakes…

if we will ever truly have the answers. The Stonehenge stands frozen in time as a prehistoric monument in the heart of Wiltshire, England. The 5000-year-old Stonehenge rests as a testament, beginning construction around 2550 B.C.E to 1600 B.C.E, Neolithic age to Bronze age. Most controversies border around what the actual purpose of Stonehenge was. The only thing archaeologist seem…

Stonehenge one of the more popular “big stones” amongst the groups of what are classified as menhirs caught my attention because of its majestic structure and its beautiful green body of land which just pokes out at you and grabs the eye. What immediately drew me into this glorious architectural construction is the complexity of its body of work. Instantly I became so concerned because I couldn’t help but think well how did they do it? Good question how did they construct such a sophisticated…