10686102203 | Hunter-Gatherer | People during the Paleolithic era hunted and gathered to survive. Importance: they were constantly on the move looking for food which caused them to share ideas/tech with other people. | ![]() | 0 |
10686168074 | Bering Land Bridge | The land bridge that used to connect Russia to Alaska around the Paleolithic era. Importance: This is how early humans most likely got to north and south america. | ![]() | 1 |
10686204193 | Paleolithic Era | called the old stone age from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago. Importance: when early humans first started developing and hunting-gathering | ![]() | 2 |
10686246071 | Kinship group | several related families that moved together in search of food during Paleolithic era. Importance: one of the first social structures | ![]() | 3 |
10686278974 | Patriarchal | a society where men/fathers had the greatest authority/power. Importance: as civilization progressed, men and women were less 'equal' | ![]() | 4 |
10686313756 | Animism | The belief that nature (elements/animals) and spirits were connected. Pretty connected to food. Importance: The earliest known religious beliefs and practices. | ![]() | 5 |
10686371200 | Neolithic Revolution | (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. Lots of social and political progress Importance: This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization. | ![]() | 6 |
10686390994 | Pastoralism | Domestication of animals, especially herd animals (cows/goats/etc.) for food and other purposes. Animals were lead from one grazing land to the other. Importance: pastoralists were nomadic, so the helped spread ideas/tech throughout communities. | ![]() | 7 |
10686437756 | Specialization of Labor | Due to surplus of food in civilizations, some workers were able to give up farming and be artisans or craftsmen or merchants. Importance: led to social development and writing! | ![]() | 8 |
10686481381 | Social Statification | Division of society into hierarchical groups based on wealth or craft and whatnot. Importance: made bigger social gaps, started issues w/ slavery. | ![]() | 9 |
10686535772 | Catal Huyuk | One of first true cities in history, created in the Neolithic Era in 6500 to 5500 BC, from which were created agriculture, trading, temples, housing, and religions Importance: cities are important, the is one of the OGs. | ![]() | 10 |
10686560846 | Neolithic innovations | Things like religion, technology, government,agriculture, etc. that came about during the neolithic era. Importance: these things are very crucial for the development of civilization as we know it. | ![]() | 11 |
10686606621 | metallargy | Working with metal! Importance: started the bronze age | ![]() | 12 |
10686621923 | civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes. Importance: Civilization was very large thing to come about, (seeing as we still live in it today) and it's invention was monumental. | ![]() | 13 |
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