The document discusses life in the Neolithic Age and early cities. Key developments included the emergence of agriculture around 8000 BCE independently in various regions. Early dwellings varied by environment but included pit houses and structures made from wood, mud, and thatch. Some of the earliest cities were Jericho and Catal Huyuk, which had fortified walls and houses built closely together. After agriculture, civilization arose with specialized workers, social classes, governments, organized religion, and advanced technologies.

1. Aim: What characteristics defined life in the Neolithic Age and early cities? Do Now: Attack, defend, or modify the following statement based on the Diamond article and the textbook: The discovery of farming was the worst mistake in human history. Was the Agricultural Revolution a revolution at all?

5. Jomon Pit houses were 2 to 5m in diameter and were made with a series of wooden upright posts. The roof is believed to have been thatched Early Dwellings

6. A Mesopotamian mud-brick dwelling Early Dwellings http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_agrev/4-Agriculture/agriculture1.html

7. This rural village, Agra, in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, still exhibits the same simple rectangular architecture with rock and mud walls and thatched roofs as used by the first agriculturalists in the area 7,000 years ago. Early Dwellings

8. Catal Huyak Ban Po, China Early Dwellings

9. Early Dwellings What makes the structures of various areas unique? What factors help shape the type or early dwellings made? Adaptation to the Environment

12. Early Cities Catal Huyuk was built between 6500 and 5700 BCE and is more well known than Jericho. Archaeologists believe the population was around 8,000. The city was built with the houses joined together, facing into a common court. There being no windows or openings outward, the city presented a fortified city wall . The city grew in outward expanding rings, always retaining the outward walls. The houses were rectangular mud-brick with flat roofs. The houses were built so closely together that one had to enter through the roof.

13. Post-Neolithic Age After the development of agriculture and the growth of towns and cities, what happens next? CIVILIZATIONS

14. Advanced Cities CIVILIZATION Job Specialization: Workers Social Classes Complex Institutions: Government Public Works Economic Systems Organized religion Record- Keeping Advanced Technology Art and Architecture

16. Advanced Cities – along rivers food surplus – pop inc. CIVILIZATION Specialized Workers/ Social Classes- new crafts develop, wealth and rank Complex Institutions: Government Polytheistic faith, temples and rituals Roads, bridges, etc Record- Keeping Need to record tax, prayers, rituals, laws Advanced Technology Seek ways to improve work and lifestyle Art and Architecture Express beliefs and shows strength of society