Early Human Settlements and the Neolithic Period

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First permanent human settlements formed in Mesopotamia.

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Mesopotamia

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Early humans found crops growing in their camps because they had dropped seeds of grains the previous year.

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Dropped seeds of grains.

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One effect of settling in one place was that humans built permanent homes.

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Built permanent homes.

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The changes during the Neolithic period can be characterized as people transitioning from nomadic life to agricultural societies.

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Transitioned to agricultural societies.

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Developments during the Neolithic period included agriculture and permanent settlements.

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Agriculture and permanent settlements.

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Geographic feature for wild grains growth

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- Rivers

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Which happened first?

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specialization of society, domestication of animals, development of large civilizations, domestication of plants and grains

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Effect of the domestication of animals

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It provided humans with reliable milk, food, and labor.

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What happened when farmers grew more crops than they could use in a season?

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They built ways to store the surplus.

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Use the image to answer the question.

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The Neolithic people who created this vessel had a specialized society that allowed for the development of pottery and art.