Western Civ Day 3

Today in class we took notes on a powerpoint. It was about prehistory and Civilization.
Before civilization

  • 200,000 years ago a human species emerged in Central Africa
  • 14,000 years ago a "worldwide" human race existed
  • Earliest age is the Paleolithic Age 
  • Neolithic Age was marked by advanced tool making 
  • Started out as migratory groups 
The Agricultural Revolution

  • Population increased because of surplus of food
  • Invention of wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for storage 
  • Polytheistic 
  • Mesopotamia Now- Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey
  • the district know as Sumer occupied territory between rivers
  • Population increased due to irrigation techniques 
  • Cities had 40,000 people
  • Storage of food allowed different professions 
  • Created first writing known as Cuneiform
  • Created time 1hr=60 mins 
  • Epic of Gilgamesh (flood)
  • The ziggurat was a Sumerian temple built on top of a mountain 

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