The Great Ages began with The Old Stone Age starting at 100,000 BC. The people lived in tribes and clans and often moved from place to place, hunting and gathering to live. ... Hunting and gathering was a sacred ritual because they would often believe they were at one with the animal being hunted. ... This is one of the significant differences between the Old and New Stone age. ... In the Bull-leaping scene, young men and women face death head on at the horns of a Bull. ...

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Oldest known tool: knife blade (2.6 million years old) B. ... The Hunter-Gatherers of the Old Stone Age A. Paleolithic Age Old Stone (2,500,000-10,000 B.C.E) 1. 20-30 people per group 2. ... Women gathered nuts, plants; Men hunted for fish and game. 4. ... Hunting and gathering-systematic agriculture. 2. ...

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Because the plow required considerable strength, it was used only by men. ... During the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians believed that the king was the living embodiment of their god. ... During the Old Kingdom, everything prospered and many great things were achieved during this period. But, by the end of the Old Kingdom, the Nile failed its duty and most things failed in return. The years starting the era of the Middle Kingdom was akin to the beginning of the Old Kingdom in many ways because peace had been restored, and people prospered. ...

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