WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was the final era of prehistory and began about 9000 B.C.?
A
Paleolithic Period
B
Old Stone Age
C
Coptic Period
D
Neolithic Period
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Neolithic Age started in India around 7, 000 B.C. It was the third and last part of the Stone Age. The other two parts were-Paleolithic Age (500, 000 B.C. to 10, 000 B.C.) and Mesolithic Age (9, 000 B.C. to 4, 000 B.C.).

Detailed explanation-2: -The last period of the Stone Age is called the Neolithic era, which began around 9, 000 B.C. and ended around 7, 000 B.C. The Neolithic period is characterized by an agricultural revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paleolithic Period-circa 2.4 million years ago to 8, 000 BCE Compared to the timeline of the universe, humans have only existed for an extremely short time. The universe came into existence around 13.6 billion years ago with the Big Bang.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Neolithic Revolution started around 10, 000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world also began to practice agriculture.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Final Neolithic is the period (4500-3200 BC) when the transition from the Neolithic farming and stock-rearing economy, to the economy of the Early Bronze Age was being prepared while production activities improved and grew with the dissemination of the use of metals.

Detailed explanation-6: -During the Mesolithic period (about 10, 000 B.C. to 8, 000 B.C.), humans used small stone tools, now also polished and sometimes crafted with points and attached to antlers, bone or wood to serve as spears and arrows. They often lived nomadically in camps near rivers and other bodies of water.

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