2/13 Class

Today in class we learned 200,000 years ago humans emerged in southwest Africa. Also 14,000 years ago humans became world wide by living everywere in the world. Neolithic age was when tools became more advanced. Humans were hunters and gathers. Neolithic age is when humans shifted from hunters and gathers to permanent settlements which is where they used to move around following the animals but now they stay in one spot and then hunt. Populations increased and the productivity of food increased. The wheel and the plow were invented and made storage of food and the making of food easier by making it faster. A test question will be what modern day countries are in the Fertile Crescent which are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Jordan and Israel. Lastly Woman's jobs were to stay home and take care of the house by cleaning it and to take care of the children.