Neolithic Revolution

The history of cooking begins 500,000 years ago in the stone age when people discovered that they could use fire to cook their food. Then during the 1940s people began to grill food more frequently at campsites and picnics. After world war II, when the middle class began to move to the suburbs backyard grilling caught on and became popular during the 1950s. In suburban chicago george stephen a metalworker had grown frustrated with the flat, open brazier-style grills that were common at that…

2008 Stonehenge Decoded (film). National Geographic Television. Michael Parker-Pearson’s interpretation of Stonehenge is that it is a home for the ancestors. He believes that Stonehenge was built by a chiefdom comprised of thousands of individuals. Although these people are farmers, it is suggested that they brought supplies with them during times of gathering. The chiefdom would travel to Stonehenge to honour their ancestors on the summer solstice to see the sun rise. This was a time when they…

My ancestors were Norwegians so if I was a nomad I would be a Norwegian nomad that would be herding reindeers like a pro by now! I would have the same job as my daddy because I followed in his footsteps. We would migrate every year so the reindeers would not run out of their food supply. If they ran out they would obviously die by starvation! Also if I were a random nomad person I wouldn't be at this school or at any other school because I would be taught at my laavu, portable tent. Each herder…

1. Agricultural Revolution- The Agricultural Revolution began around 8500 BCE and lasted till around 3500 BCE. We know today that the hunter/gatherer societies eventually settled down. One of the first major settlements was Catal Huyuk in present day Anatolia. The revolution started in the Fertile Crescent which is in Modern day Iraq. This was important because humans were finally settling down which led to culture, technology, religions, languages and many other advancements. 2. Phoenicians-…

Hold onto your hats because an exciting adventure through Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age is about to begin. Early humans had to adapt to their environment to survive. So what did they do? There were many advances in technology over Paleolithic to Neolithic Age. New ways to get food and keep warm and more helpful tools were found. To begin, the Paleolithic people were what’s called to be the hunter gatherers. These people were also known as nomads which were people who moved place to…

Where Did Agriculture Originate? a. Began before recorded history. A. Origins of Agriculture. a. Agriculture – Modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals for sustenance or economic gain. (1) Originated when humans domesticated plants and animals. b. Crop – Any plant cultivates by humans. 1. Hunters and Gatherers. a. Lived in small groups (<50). (1) Large groups would use up more resources. b. Men hunted and women gathered. (1)…

There were some changes that transpired from the Paleolithic Era to the Neolithic Period. Modest changes were made during that time, from drastic changes like economics, then culture and along came agriculture. How did man and woman cope with these modifications and what type of influence did it put on society back then? During the Paleolithic Period, which was the earliest time man and woman have been alive, the Paleolithic Period lived primitive lives; which consisted primarily of survival.…

hides of animals the men had killed [Gifford-Gonzalez 247]. Women were seen as equal to men. They had the freedom to choose their partners, and to divorce them [Strayer 21]. They also so could freely engage in sex without being shamed for it. The Neolithic world was agricultural. People used farming to create a stable source of food. They needed people to take up the role of farming in order to grow the food. Women were the ones who took those roles. Women were seen a mostly equal to men similar…

One of the greatest mysteries to this day is the mystery of the Stonehenge. Archaeologists trace the Stonehenge to the year 3100 B.C, but back then the invention of the wheel was unheard of. The stones in which the Stonehenge was made out of seemed to originate in the Wales which are 160 miles away from the Stonehenge. So how and why did the Celtic tribe pull of such an architectural feat, one which could capture the sun’s light and the summer solstice, one that formed the shape of a miniscule…

Seven point three billion people in the world suffers from chronic undernourishment in 2015 and 2016. THe world is so unequal because of geography. Geography influences the world’s inequality because latitude affects climate in geographic locations. Climate determines inequality because it it dictates what locations have resources such as the ability to farm, qualification to domesticate animals, the capability to resist disease, and the intelligence to produce steel. The geographic locations…