NatGeoChp2

Most of their food came from killing wild animals.

They were places where new ideas and practices began to take hold.

They used trade routes to share their goods and ideas with other communities.

They had complex governments and religious practices.

People began taming animals.

People begain making tools from stone.

Governments were organized.

People started growing crops.

access to the ocean

stable food supply

large mud brick homes

complex government

bone utensils and tools

a protective wall around the settlement

horned bulls' heads mounted on walls

buildings made of mud bricks

everyone was a farmer

most graves had similar grave goods

all the homes were about the same size

all the pottery were decorated with geometric artwork

warmer and wetter weather

a slight cooling of temperatrues because an ice age was starting

hot, dry weather

wide swings in the weather with periodic droughts

Faiyum's climate did not suppoort enough agriculture

the agriculture practices there were not native to the area

tools made at Faiyum have been found in many other places

the building styles of Failyum closely followed the plans seen in other cultural hearths

domesticating animals and having an organized religion

practicing agriculture and having an organized religion

practicing agriculture and having a matriarchal society

domesticating animals and having a matriarchal society

it helped spread ideas across a broad area

it forced people to move from the cities to rural areas

it led to people making stone, rather than metal, tools

it led to a decrease in population

improved technologies

creation of cities

record keeping

complex institutions