Stages of man

1. STAGES OF
MAN'S
CULTURE

2. Archeologists divided
the Stone Age
1. Old Stone Age or Paleolithic
(2million BCE-8000BCE )
2. Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic
Age(11,000-6,000BC)
3. New Stone Age or Neolithic Age
(6,800-3,2000BC)

3. Old Stone Age or
Paleolithic Age
 The term was coined by John
Lubbock in 1865
 Greek word palaios which means
"old" and lithos which means
"stone"
 People at this age who
inhabited the continents of
Europe, Asia, and Africa

6.  They lived by hunting and
fishing
 Skill with fire and stone tools
 They have vague religious ideas
such as offering sacrifices ,
food, and ornaments to the dead

7.  Experts think this came about
when people began to hunt large
animals
 They needed to be able to give
out clear instructions
 They also learned how to make
fire
 Early people used fire to keep Early people used fire to keep
them them warmwarm

8. Middle Stone Age or
Mesolithic period
Involves the gradual
domestication of plants and
animals and the formation of
settled communities
 Dogs became valuable for
hunting and guarding property ,
they were probably the first
animal to be domesticated

10.  Early people developed a
language, before they learned to
talk, early people simply made
sounds
 Hand signals were also
meaningful
 Gradually people developed
languages

11. New Stone Age or
Neolithic Period
 The term neolithic was derived
from greek word neolithikos
where neos means new and litos
means stone invented by John
Lubbock in 1865
 Two important discoveries
changed people from being good
gatherers to food producers

12.  First was learning to grow food
 Second learning to herd animals
 They also learned to use
animals in dragging their
primitive plow in transporting
their belongings

15. "The lovers of Valdaro " Believed to be
from the Neolithic period. Excavated in
a single
block, so as not to separate them from
each other. Named for the little
village near Mantua, in Northern Italy.

16.  Another step in man's
advancement was the building of
permanent homes
 Earliest known villages in the
world were found in Middle East
one of these is in Jericho in
Israel
 Another village was in Catal
Huyuk in present-day Turkey

17. The Age of Metals
 Egyptians first to used copper
as early as 5, 000 BCE
 At about 2000 BCE, man
discovered that mixture of
copper and tin produced harder
metal bronze
 With this discovery, man
created stronger and better
tools, weapons, and utensils

18. COPPER

19. BRONZE

20. IRON

21.  Iron age started about 1,000
BCE it is more stronger and
durable compare to copper or
bronze
 As a result of this discovery ,
civilization leaped and bounced.
Transportation methods were
improved when iron made the
building of sturdier and faster
vehicles possible

22.  Civilization rose in the
valleys of the Nile River in
Egypt
 The Indus River in India
 Yellow or Huang Ho River in
China

23. Nile River in Egypt

24. Indus River in India

25. Yellow or Huang Ho
River in China

26. Emergence of
Civilization
 Five characteristics of
civilization
1. Advanced cities
2. Specialized workers
3. Complex institutions
4. Record keeping
5. Advanced technology

27. Advanced Cities
 Advanced cities were
birthplaces of civilizations.The
word "civilization" came from
latin word civitas which means
"city"
 A city is more than a large of
people living togeher, it is the
center of trade for large area.

28. Specialized Workers
 Such as traders, government
officials, and priests
 Specialization is the
enhancement of skills for a
specific kind of work

 Social organization in cities
became complex, people ranked
according to their jobs.

29. Complex Institutions
 The growing populations of
early cities made a system of
government necessary
 In civilization leaders emerged
to maintain order among people
and to establish laws

30.  The priests usually occupy the
top level in the society
 Below them are the few
merchants
 Followed by the artisans
 Those below are the majority of
the people
 Slaves are on te lowest level.

31. Record Keeping
 Was equally important as
government officials had to
document tax collections , the
passage of laws, and the storage
of grains and other products