Neolithic Revolution

Old Stone

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

River in China

• Nile

• Yellow

• Mesopotamia

• Indus

Indus River

• India

• China

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

New Stone

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

Polytheistic

• one god

• many gods

People who make pottery, woven goods, etc.

• Priests

• Scribes

• Artisans

• Warriors

the belief that spirits indwell animals, rocks, trees, etc.

• Animism

• Complex Religion

Mesopotamia means

• below the rivers

• above the rivers

• between the riveres

• beside the rivers

people who move from place to place in search of food

• nomad

• urban dweller

city state

• several countries under one ruler

• an self-governing city and the land around it