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Chapter 1 Notes - Prehistoric Period
o Paleolithic Period Old Stone Age
Old and primitive period
Around 50,000BC
Artwork consisted of cave paintings
Brutal period
Average life expectancy was about 20 years
o Neolithic Period New Stone Age
Begins around 9,000BC
Neolithic Revolution
Agriculture
o Allows people luxury of staying in one place; stability and performance
o Cornerstone of civilization
Domestic Architecture
o Wigwam, Huts, Lean-tos
o Native American Indians were considered Neolithic
Refined tools
o Spears, Bows and Arrows
Domesticated Animals
o Hallmark of luxury, stability, and permanence
Pottery clay art
o Bowls and containers
o Exquisite decoration
Aesthetics the love of beauty, the need for beauty
o Separates man from the animals
o Civilization
Around 5,000BC
Literacy
Writing and reading
Urban Life
Division of labor farmers, merchants, kings, priest, etc.
Organized Religion
Before civilization, there was just shamanism
Monumental architecture
Great Wall, Coliseum
o Cradles of Civilization
Cannot trace civilization back any further
All started around same time
Alls started independently
Mesopotamia present day Iraq
Earliest Cradle
Around 4,000BC
Egypt
Around 3,000BC
Southern India
Around 3,000BC
China
Around 2,800BC
Composed of two separated and distinct cradles of civilization
Chapter 2 Egyptian Art
o Egypt Latin named coined by Romans
o Around 2,800-2,200BC
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