HIST 1215 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mohenjo-Daro, Polytheism, Semitic Languages
1 Mar 2018
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Ap world history unit i: paleolithic age - 6-8 million years ago humans, bipedalism walking on two limbs, earliest known humans in ethiopia, homo sapiens survived 50,000 10,000 bc, problem solvers. Earliest groups were egalitarians equality between all men and women were equals: primary sources, artifacts, skeletal remains. The paleolithic age ends around 8000 bc: humans on all continents except antarctica, advantages: forelimbs, opposable thumbs, large brain. Ago: allowed humans to adapt to other climates. Culture: religious ceremonies, burials, hunting, decor, no writing of literacy cave paintings were used first found in n. africa (~32,000 years ago, caves were used as protection from climate. People over thousands of years gradually shifted to more sedentary lifestyles with the rise of agriculture. Horticulture use of hand tools to plant seeds, no animals horticulturalists were the first people to plant: pastorialists first to domesticate animals. Agriculture used animals to help plant seeds = larger fields = larger population = birth of cities.
