Western Civilization 101David Clayton, Instructor

Lesson 01: Beginnings of Civilization

Small clans following animals

Cave paintings: rituals for good hunts

Animals now extinct

Men: hunters/ Women:gatherers

Domestication of animals

Planting of crops

Sense of property: ownership of crops,

land and water rights, inheritance

Neolithic/ New Stone Age

Purposes of human sacrifices

Ancient Animal Sacrifice remains

Ox-plow revolutionized agriculture

Priest Specialized Economic Class

Specialized Classes

Mesopotamia: Egypt