During the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, major developments flourished from creativity. It was because of this creativity that allowed the people of this age to survive.
Hunting became their main resource. Not only did the first humans feed their families, but they also started to become aware of the environment around them. Through this “knowledge of the animal world” (p.6) stemmed the importance of agriculture, population growth and art. The Paleolithic people expressed the beauty of the animals they hunted by drawing them on cave walls. It is these images that we find so amazing today, and consider them rare items of artistic expression.
The Neolithic people created a modern society. They took what the Paleolithic people created and turned it into profit. The agriculture that had been planted was soon used as an exchange for other goods. Bartering had soon led to a larger population and in turn a better economy. The Neolithic age also had a respect in their daily lives and wrote about it. This “led to the development of writing”¦ prompted by the need to keep records, and later by the urge to chronicle experiences.” (p.7) It was these two ages that created what we refer to today as life. The major difference in these two societies or times is that they used everything they had and made it beautiful.
In Mesopotamia, location was the source of their civilization. They were located between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Again, the humans of this age used this river for hunting and fishing and soon began a society of their own. “The rivers supplied fish”¦ reeds and clay for building materials.” (p.11) As the population grew in Mesopotamia, so did the creation of objects that we consider necessities. When humans in the Paleolithic age drew on cave walls, it was Mesopotamia that began using that as a source of education. “The solution appeared when the scribe discovered that signs could be combined to express meaning.” (p.11) We know these objects to be called pictographs, but back then it was a chalkboard filled with higher learning. These pictographs envoked the thought process, and in turn began the art of reading. Using the rivers that surrounded them on land, they discovered ailments to help the ill, which we consider as medicine. It was also the Mesopotamian culture, which explored the diversity of religion.
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The Gambia, translated from the French La Gambia was first colonized by Portugal in 1445 on what was later named St. Mary's Island. Subsequently, the area was visited by France and later, Britain who began to build strong trading posts along it's western shores. In the 1700's The Gambia was proclaimed to be part of Britain. By 1969 The Gambia became a republic within the British commonwealth of ...
