Brief Engaging Historical Experiences History began about 5000 years ago with the invention of writing The many thousands of years that people lived before that is known as prehistory ID: 640798
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Ancient History
Activators
Brief, Engaging Historical ExperiencesSlide2
History began about 5,000 years ago with the invention of writing.
The
many thousands
of years
that people lived before that is known as
prehistory
.
Prehistoric
people had no cities,
countries
, organized
central governments,
or
organized religion.
With no written records, we
learn
about these people through
the
artifacts
they left.
Artifacts
include weapons, pottery,
clothing
, and jewelry.Slide3
ArcheologySlide4
is the study of these artifacts to determine how prehistoric people lived. Since
we have no direct written records from the people themselves, archaeologists have to make
educated guesses concerning their lives.Slide5
For 2.5 million years, humans lived nomadic lives of hunters and gatherers.
This
era of
human existence
was one of continual scarcity. All human energy had to be devoted to daily
securing the
food necessary to survival.
All
members of the hunting and gathering community
had to
be involved in this all-consuming task.
Under
these conditions, human civilization
could not
emerge. Before civilization could be created, human beings had to discover a way
to secure
food in a way that would not require all of their energy. Only on this foundation
could civilization
be started.Slide6
Paleolithic people.
Humans who lived just prior to the discovery of
civilization.Slide7
Paleolithic
people
They lived in small tribes of usually 20–30 people.
They
had minimal possessions
since,
they
were constantly on the move hunting and gathering food.
All
the people in the
tribe participated
in finding food. They had little time for anything else.Slide8
Paleolithic
people
Paleolithic people did develop spoken language and expressed themselves through art,
which may
have had religious meaning.
During
this time, humans created tools such as spears
and hand
axes using stones called flint.Slide9
In hunting and gathering tribes, all the members knew one another and had daily
face-to-face contact
for
communication.
Their
laws, called customs, were based on shared understandings
about what was allowed and what wasn’t allowed. These customs were maintained
through the
close, daily interaction of the members of the tribe or community and did not need to be
written down.Slide10
The laws of the tribe or community were easily maintained by the fact that all of its
members were
very familiar with one another.
The
leaders of these tribes could direct their members
through verbal communication. They had no real need for written language.Slide11