Copper Age

Chalcolithic Age Mesopotamia

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Also known as Chalcolithic Period.
Chalcolithic a name derived from the
Greek: khalkos, “copper” and lithos, “
stone”. Copper predominated in
metalworking technology.
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Between the late Neolithic and the early
Bronze Age, which humans started civilization
with experimentation with metal tools and
slowly recognizing their societies. Lasted form
4500B.C. to 3500B.C
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Saw the first large-scale production of
copper tools. Copper offered people a
great advantage over stone. The Metal
was far more durable and could hold a
sharper edge.
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A time of profound social and cultural
change. Changes first occurred in the
East Mediterranean. Many resorted to
pastoral ranching rather crop farming.
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Gold could have been use for this, however,
gold is extremely soft which isn’t great for tools.
Also the first phase of Metal age, appeared in
the Old Word particularly in Mesopotamia.
Widely believed to be the second metal humans
learned to utilize and shape.
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MESOPOTAMIA -was an ancient region located
in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the
northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the
southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding
to today's Iraq, mostly, but also parts of
modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey
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Distinctions between rich and poor, rulers and the ruled had
been formed. There wasn’t social hierarchy that existed.
HOUSES- uses of bricks was extensive. Villages and towns of
varying size were now spread throughout Palestine and
permanent houses were built of stone, mud-brick, and woo
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A Copper Age village with more than a
thousand people and dated to 4200 BC., was
found in Shiquim in the Besheda Valley in Israel
in the 1970’s. The people lived in mud brick and
stone houses and built an extensive network of
underground rooms used to store grain.
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One characteristics pattern of houses is a
chain building, a row of rectangular
houses connected to one another by
shared party walls on the short ends.
Most of the chains are no more than six
houses long.
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In terms of economy, the copper age
was progressing towards civilization.
Copper contributed in the hunting,
fishing, and farming.
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People of Navdatoli grew linseed. Cotton
was produced in black cotton soil. Traces
of rice cultivation are also found. Eastern
India produced rice and Western India
produced barley.
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Metals such as copper and its alloys
were used to make knives, axes, fishing
hooks, chisels, pins and rods.
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1. Ahara Culture
2. Kayatha Culture
3.Malwa Culture
4. Svalda Culture
5. Prabhas & Rangpur Culture
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POTTERY- The black and red pottery
among them was quite common. The
OCP was also in use. Burials – people
were buried in the floors of their houses
in the North-South direction along with
pots and copper objects.
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In Navas, children were buried with
necklaces around their necks or with
pottery of cooper.

In Kayatha region, bodies were found

with 29 bangles and 2 unique axes.
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Potteries produced are mostly depict
female figures that symbolize
regeneration. Funerary objects buried
with men are mostly tools and weapons.
Art was glyptic are influenced by Near
East and the Aegean Region.
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he Mesopotamian civilization developed
between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.
That is where it got its name
since Mesopotamia means “between
rivers”. The distribution and organization
of the settlement pattern reflect the
economical and political pattern of the
Copper Age.
Impor tant events in Copper Age
7000BCE -Jericho was destroyed by an
earthquake. Farming developed in
central and south America. Clay pots for
storing grain and water were utilized in
Middle East and Africa. In the Middle
East, first metal tools were used.
Impor tant events in Copper Age
6500BCE- About 5000 people were
believed to have inhabited the town.
Catal Huyuk, where the oldest known
textiles have been found.
Impor tant events in Copper Age
5000BCE- Farming began in
Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, India, and
some parts of Europe. Kingdoms were
established in Egypt.