Early Civilization

Paleolithic – nomads rely on hunting-gathering, cave painting, burial of dead, simple tools

Neolithic- FARMING begins, villages/city growth, stone tools refined

Traits of a Civilization – developed cities, organized Government, formal religion, Specialization of labor, social classes, record keeping, art and architecture

Nomads – travel from place to place in search of food

Hunter-Gatherers – hunt for meat/fish, gather berries and nuts

Slash and Burn

Domestication – selective growing of plants and breeding of animals

Polytheism – worship of more than one God

Monotheism – worship of only one God

Farming / Agricultural Revolution – created villages and surplus of food, led to trading with others

Development of Writing – in pictographs, developed for record keeping