FROM PREHISTORY TO MIDDLE AGES
This is a timeline of the Prehistory and History.
When does History begin?
Here you have a video that introduces human prehistory.
PALAEOLITHIC AGE
In the caves of Atapuerca ( Burgos) we can see the fossils of the first human beings that lived in Europe one million years ago.
In the Palaeolithic Age human beings survived by eating the animals that they hunted or fished and the fruits and vegetables that they gathered. When there wasn´t enough food they migrated to another area, they were nomads.
People lived in tribes, groups of about thirty members. They lived outdoors or in caves or huts they built with sticks and animal skins.
They made tools from stone or animal bones.
NEOLITHIC AGE
In the Neolithic Age human beings cultivated plants and domesticated animals, to take care of them they became sedentary. They lived in villages.
They created polished stone tools more elaborated than Palaeolithic tools.
They also learnt to make textiles on simple looms and ceramic containers for cooking and storing food.
If you want to revise the differences between Palaeolithic and Neolithic click on the image
THE METAL AGES
The Metal Ages began around 6,000 years ago, when the human beings learnt how to make objects from metal. Cooper was the first metal they used, then bronze and finally iron.
The cities choose leaders to organise and people specialise even more tan in Neolithic: Warriors defended the city, farmers worked the land ,merchants bought and sold products . Wheel and plough were invented .
Click on the image to know more about the Metal Ages.
THE FIRST ARTISTS
The first artists appeared in the Palaeolithic Age. They painted animals on the walls and ceilings of the caves. They mixed minerals with animal fat to make different colours. If you click on the map of one of the most famous caves, Lascaux ( France )you´ll see the cave.