1. THE FIRST TOWNS

2. PERMANENT SHELTERS
 Once farming began, humans no longer had
to be (1) NOMADS.
 So they built permanent (2) SHELTERS!
(houses!)
 The houses were usually made out of mud
bricks.
 Houses provided (3) PROTECTION from
weather and made life more (4)
COMFORTABLE.

3. ESTABLISHING COMMUNITIES
 Communities developed and became
organized.
 Humans could divide up the (5) WORK such
as farming, making tools and building
houses.
 People had more (6) TIME to discover new
ways of making life easier.
 Communities could even work together to (7)
DEFEND THEMSELVES.

4. DEVELOPING NEW JOBS
 Because farming was so (8) EFFICIENT, not
everyone had to be farmers.
 Different jobs such as weavers, basket
makers, toolmakers and traders developed.
 The development of these jobs encouraged
people to become (9) HIGHLY SKILLED at
their craft.
 This improved the (10) LIVING
CONDITIONS of the town even more!

5. BEGINNING OF TRADE
 People began to trade for (11) RESOURCES
THEY DID NOT HAVE.
 People wanted crafters to improve the
strength of tools and to make things prettier.
 Traders often traveled hundreds of miles for
things like (12) FLINT and OBSIDIAN.
 Trade also brought people from distant
places into contact. This spread (13) IDEAS
AND KNOWLEDGE.
 This is called (14) CULTURAL DIFFUSION.