Ways of living in the Neolithic Age

IMMEDIATE RETURN

Characteristic of hunter-gatherer societies where food is consumed on the day it is found

DELAYED RETURN

Characteristic of agricultural societies where accumulation precedes consumption, leading to hierarchies for work distribution and control

Future discounting

Concept comparing forager and farmer lifestyles in terms of risk, reward, technology, and societal structure

Feasting

Sociopolitical event serving the purpose of ideology, cohesion and social differentiation

Weed

First cultivated fiber plant, cannabis, with various uses and significance in early human agricultural practices

Neolithic revolution

Transition to settled agricultural societies i.e. Sumer civilization and WILLOW for ASPIRIN

Beer as wages

Practice in ancient Mesopotamia where beer was a common form of payment, evidenced by 'pay stubs' and cuneiform tablets

Babylon

Prominent ancient Mesopotamian city known for its apothecary, brothels, and the noblewoman perfumer Tapputi-Belatekallim

Phoenicia

Ancient civilization known for seafaring, international trade, glass making, dye making, and being the birthplace of the alphabet

TYRIAN

Purple dye made in Phoenicia, used in royalty robes, and responsible for the culture's name due to skin staining of workers

DENTISTRY

Practice originating in Phoenicia involving the use of ivory for fake teeth and gold wires, without pain relievers like opium and wine

Curious case of Pontus

Region with unique natural resources, associated with shamans and experts in antidotes and poisons, particularly viper venom for wound treatment