The presentation is on the broad developments during Ancient period ,e.g. hunting gathering stage , the beginning of agriculture etc.

1. A

3. *Climate became warmer ,ice melted giving way
grasslands and fertile land .
*Population began to increase ,thus demand for
food increased .
*The demand for food could not met by merely
hunting or gathering .

4. * People slowly learnt the technique of sowing seeds.
*Growing Plants
* Harvesting them

5. What was the advantage of
growing crops ?

6. People did not have move out to distance places in
search of food .
They Could build houses and settle down.

7. Wheat
Figs

8. Shows traces wheat and
barley cultivation

9. Domestication Of Animals

10. Some of the Earliest animals to be
Domesticated were

11. Advantages of Domestication
Of Animals
Continuous
supply of milk
Meat
Animal fur
and skin for
clothing
Ploughing
fields and
carrying
heavy loads

12. Invention Of Wheels

13. Uses of wheel
The wheel was
used in horse-
carts and
bullock-carts
that helped
man a lot to
carry heavy
loads
used for
spinning
and
weaving
Used as Potter’s
wheel to make better
pots.

14. Pause Please
what would happen if wheels
were not invented ???

15. Pottery
The potters wheel was used to make
pots which were used to store water and food .

16. Neolithic Tools were well shaped ,polished an had a
sharp cutting edge .

17. Neolithic Houses were mud houses with roofs and plaster
coated on the walls .

18. Social Life

19. • Groups that lived together became
close knit ,they developed into tribes .
• Division of labour.
• Distinct language ,songs, paintings
,culture etc.
• Burying the dead and new customs
and ceremonies emerged.