U2 Agriculture Revolution

nomadic

moving from place to place

surplus

an amount beyond what is required, excess

division of labor

Work is divided up to be performed by different workers

Paleolithic Age

(750,000 BCE - 10,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age.

Neolithic Revolution

Associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. "New Stone Age"- It follows the Paleolithic age.

Ice Age

period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

sedentary

remaining in one place

civilization

A complex, highly organized social order

Specialization

the development of skills in a specific kind of work.

artisan

a worker skilled in a craft

Cuneiform

the world's first system of writing; wedge shaped symbols on a stone tablet

hierarchies

levels of status between individual people and between different groups

Complex society

A civilization with agriculture, specialized labor, and social hierarchies

A.D.

"Anno Domini." the time from when Jesus was born to current time

B.C.

"Before Christ" this is how we measure time before Jesus was born

B.C.E.

Before Common Era; alternative to B.C.

period of the stone age (years)

3,500 BC to 10,000 BC

Neolithic period

10000 BC to 1.5 Mil BC. Starts at the end of the Ice age.

What "Age" overlaps the Paleolithic age? (starts at its end)

Ice age

C.E.

Common Era. An alternative to A.D.

Annos Domini (in the year of our Lord)

AD

When was the major development in tools?

Stone Age

Years of paleolithic age

About 2.5 million to 8000 B.C.