Neolithic Age
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- During the Neolithic Age, people tamed healthy goats, dogs , cattle and sheep. people used animals to help carry heavy burdens over long distances.
- Farmers were growing corn in mexico, rice in China, and barley in Isreal
- The neolithic People began to build more permanent settlements in which they could live and work . as a result early farmers settled the first villages these homes were built out of mud bricks , stones and sticks.
- Neolithic Age, people worked in agriculture, cultivating crops and domesticating animals.
- In the Neolithic Age, trade among settlements in the Near East and Mediterranean Sea grew. Trade grows as people seek resources not in their immediate area. One resource that was widely traded was the black, volcanic glass called obsidian. It made excellent blades.
- The Neolithic Age saw dramatic advances in clothing. Instead of collecting natural materials for spinning into thread or string, humans began cultivating both plants and animals that produced the kinds of fibers that were ideal for making cloth. Cultivated flax plants were used extensively as a source of fiber to create linen. Animals included sheep and goats, whose hair and (later) wool could be woven into thread.
- Archaeologists have found polished stone ax heads, chisels, and adzes (a type of cutting tool) from the Neolithic period. Such tools could be used to fashion objects from wood, bone, antler, and other hard materials. Stone axes also could be used to clear trees from areas used for growing crops—an important contribution to the agricultural lifestyle.
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