ppt

1. The Neolithic Period
and the Metal Age

2. In the Neolithic Period…
• Humans become producers. They begin to have farms.
• On these farms. the first crops were cereals and the first animals
were goats, sheep and pigs
• Humans became sedentary: This means they built houses
and lived in one place
• The population increased.

3. In the Neolithic Period…
• Humans made tools like axes, sickles, pestles and mortars
and hoes
• Humans made other crafts like baskets, pottery, textiles
• A division of labor happened because people worked in
different activities.

4. Religion in the Neolithic Period
• The religion was the cult of the stars. This means people
watched and worshiped the stars, especially the sun.
• Also there was the cult of the dead. People worshiped their
dead relatives and ancestors.

5. Life in the Neolithic Age

6. The Metal Age
• Fifth millennium BC to the first millennium BC
• Metalworking started in urban societies in the Fertile Crescent
• The Metal Age has 3 stages
• Copper Age (from 4000 BC)
• Bronze Age (from 2200 BC)
• Iron Age (from 1000 BC)

7. In the Metal Age…
• New inventions: the wheel, the potter’s wheel and the plough
• There were more types of work because metal artisans started
• Trade developed because people could trade metal for other
things
• Villages grew
• Social inequalities increased because people in societies that
had metal had more power than other societies.

8. Art in the Metal Age
• Megalithic monuments: structures made of huge stones

9. Metalworking