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The Early Civilization

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

5,000 YRS. AGO PEOPLE OF SOUTHWEST AISA AND AFRICA STARTED TO DEVELOP HISTORY.

THEY DEVOLPED A SYSTEM OF WRITING AND BEGAN TO KEEP RECORDS.

HISTORIANS LEARNED ABOUT THE PAST BY RELYING ON CLUES

OTHER THAN WRITTEN RECORDS.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIVIED STONE AGE INTO THREE PERIODS

OLD STONE AGE, MIDDLE, AND NEW STONE AGE.

THE FIRST USE OF STONE

BEGAN THE STONE AGE.
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HOMINIDS ALSO MADE TOOLS

FROM WOOD AND ANIMAL BONES.
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THE HOMINIDS DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FARM YET

SO THEY WERE HUNTER GATHERS.
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THE HOMINIDS LEARNED TO US FIRE.

THEY USED IT FOR WARMTH, AND PROTECTION.

AS HOMINIDS LEFT THEIR HOMES THE BEGAN NOMADS.

AFTER THEY GATHERED FOOD THEY WOULD MOVE ON.
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ABOUT 11,000 YRS AGO THE SOUTHWEST AISAN PEOPLE DISCOVERED THAT IF YOU

PLANTED THE SEEDS OF WILD GRASSES NEW CROPS WOULD GROW BACK.
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SOME PEOPLE BECAME PASTROL NOMADS. NOMADS ARE PEOPLE WHO RAISE LIVESTOCK

BUT TRAVEL TO FIND GRAZING GROUNDS FOR THEIR ANIMALS.
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THE BEGINNING OF FARMING!

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ABOUT 9,000 YRS AGO CHINESE FARMERS BEGAN PLANTING AND FARMING CROPS.

THEY CHOSE FROM THE LARGEST BEST TASTING CROPS.
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THE FARMERS STARTED TO DOMESTICATE PLANTS. GRADUALLY THE SEEDS AND ROOTS

FROM EACH CROP CAM UP TO THE KINDS OF FOOD WE EAT TODAY.
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FARMERS STARTED TO DOMESTICATE ANIMALS. TAMING LARGER ANIMALS SUCH

AS SHEEP, GOATS, AND PIGS.
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BY 2,5000 B.C DONKEYS,HORSES,CAMELS, AND CATTLE

WERE USED TO CARRY HEAVY LOADS.
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THE ANCIENT INDIAN PEOPLE

TAMED WILD ELEPHANTS FOR BATTLE.

ANCIENT ASSYRIANS AND EGYPTIANS TRAINED

WILD CHEETAHS FOR HUNTING.
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PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE THEIR ONW FOOD

HAVE A STEADY SUPPLY OF FOOD YEAR LONG.
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WHEN YOU HAVE A SURPLUS YOU COULD FEED MORE FAMILY AND HAVE MORE CHILDREN.

A SURPLUS IS WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THEN IS NEEDED.

INSTEAD OF PRODUCING FOOD PEOPLE BECAME ARTISANS.

ARTISANS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SKILLED WITH THEIR HANDS.
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THE GROWTH OF CITIES!

CITIES WERE LIKELY TO DEVELOP

WHERE THERE WERE RICH SOIL CREATED BY LARGE SURPLUS OF FOOD.
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SOME OTHER CITIES GREW ALONG RIVERS.

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LARGE PUBLIC BUILDINGS WERE USED TO STORE SURPLUS AND GRAIN.

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IN VILLAGES MOST PEOPLE WERE FARMERS.

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THE FIRST CIVILIZATION!

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ARTISANS SOON LEARNED A NEW SKILL. THEY LEARNED THAT IF YOU MELT A CERTIAN

ROCK AT A HIGH TEMP IT WOULD SEPERATE THE METAL AND COPPER.
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BY USING BRONZE IT COULD HELP MAKE

SHIELDS,WEPONS,TOOLS, AND HELMETS MORE DURABLE.

TRADERS TOOK VALUBLE ITEMS TO FARAWAY CITIES.

THEY TRADED THE ITEMS TO PEOPLE.
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MERCHANT SHIPS CARRIED GOODS ACROSS RIVERS AND SEAS.

IN LARGE CITIES THE KING WAS THE MOST POWERFUL. COMMON WORKERS WERE THE

THE LOWEST RANKED FREE MEMBERSBOF A SOCIETY.
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SOON THE CITIES CAME TO LOOK LIKE

THE CITIES WE LIVE IN TODAY.
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