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Farming and the Emergenceof Complex Societies10,000 – 1,000 BCE.

Big Era ThreeBig Era Three

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Join us for Join us for the world tour!the world tour!

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STOP!

I know what I know what you’re you’re

thinking!thinking!

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Farming and Farming and complex societies?complex societies?

Where did they Where did they come from?come from?

I thought I thought we were stillwe were stillhunting andhunting andgathering!gathering!

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Today10k years ago200k yrs ago

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……and changes and changes have always beenhave always been—and still are——and still are—part of human part of human

history.history.

Let’s look for Let’s look for a minute at a minute at the changes the changes

that took that took place in Big place in Big

Era Two.Era Two.

You You DODO rememberremember

Big Era Big Era Two, don’t Two, don’t

you?you?

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Farming and Farming and complex complex

societies are the societies are the result of result of

CHANGECHANGE……

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Today10k years ago200k yrs ago

Big Era 2

Big Era Two is the Big Era Two is the era that covers era that covers the period from the period from

200,000 to 200,000 to 10,000 years ago.10,000 years ago.

Big Era Two wasBig Era Two wasfraught fraught

with change.with change.

Shall we do Shall we do aa

quick quick review?review?

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200k yrs ago

Human Origins

Today10k years ago

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Homo erectus doing lunch

You will You will probably recall probably recall

that life that life 200,000 years 200,000 years

ago looked ago looked something like something like

this.this.

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10k years ago200k yrs ago

Human Origins

Today

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Homo sapiens at home

10,000 years ago at 10,000 years ago at the close of Big Era the close of Big Era

Two, life looked more Two, life looked more like this:like this:

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Homo erectus – 200,000 years ago

Homo sapiens – 10,000 years ago

Notice any Notice any changes?changes?

Would you say Would you say there were:there were:

(c) Lots of changes?(c) Lots of changes?

(b) Some changes?(b) Some changes?

(a) No changes?(a) No changes?

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If you said If you said there were there were “(c) Lots of “(c) Lots of

changes,” you changes,” you were obviously were obviously

paying paying attention attention

during Big Era during Big Era Two.Two.

If, on the other If, on the other hand, you chose hand, you chose

“(a) No “(a) No changes” or changes” or

“(b) Some “(b) Some changes,” you changes,” you

must have been must have been out with the flu out with the flu during Big Era during Big Era

Two. (Hope you Two. (Hope you are feeling are feeling

better!).better!).

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Hints

So, we will go So, we will go with with

“(c) Lots of “(c) Lots of changes”changes” in Big in Big Era Two, right?Era Two, right?

Before moving Before moving on, jot them on, jot them

down.down.

Americas

Are these Are these going to be going to be on the test?on the test?

Do you recall Do you recall any of them?any of them?

Boomerang

So, it’s antelope burgers

tonight, right?

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1,000 years ago Today

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10,000 years ago

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Big Era 2

Check your answers below:Check your answers below:

Changes that occurred by the end of Big Era 2Changes that occurred by the end of Big Era 2(Beginning of Big Era 3)(Beginning of Big Era 3)

1.1. Homo sapiensHomo sapiens appear. appear.2.2. Language develops.Language develops.3.3. Habitats expand.Habitats expand.4.4. Technology multiplies.Technology multiplies.5.5. Wall painting and Wall painting and

sculpture are created.sculpture are created.End of Big Era Two

(Beginning of Big Era 3)

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Keeping those changesKeeping those changes in mind, let’s lookin mind, let’s look

at life all the way at the at life all the way at the end of Big Era Three, that end of Big Era Three, that

is, about 1,000 BCE.is, about 1,000 BCE.

1,000 years ago10,000 years ago Today

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Big Eras 4-9Big Era 2

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1,000 years ago10,000 years ago Today

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Quite a few,Quite a few,Huh?Huh?

Notice any Notice any Differences?Differences?

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Jot down some Jot down some notes on what notes on what

events you think events you think might have might have taken place taken place

between 10,000 between 10,000 and 1,000 BCE.and 1,000 BCE.

HERE?HERE toto

So, how did we So, how did we get from…get from…

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which reflects the which reflects the DOMESTICATIONDOMESTICATION of… of…

and plantsand plantsanimalsanimals

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One of the major changes is One of the major changes is reflected in this frieze on a reflected in this frieze on a wall in Mesopotamia (today wall in Mesopotamia (today Iraq) :Iraq) :

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Have you ‘herd’ Have you ‘herd’ about pastoralism?about pastoralism?

Domestication of plants and animals was a monumental change.

It resulted in the new way of It resulted in the new way of living we know as living we know as

FARMINGFARMING(AGRICULTURE)…(AGRICULTURE)…

1,000 years ago Today

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……which included both which included both PASTORALISMPASTORALISM

(herding sheep, goats, cattle, (herding sheep, goats, cattle, horses, and camels),horses, and camels),

and…and…

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Crop-growingCrop-growing(cultivating domesticated (cultivating domesticated

plants),plants),

and…and…

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the development of…the development of…

FARMING FARMING COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES

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10,000 years ago

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Big Era 2