. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. Stone Implements of thePaleolithic Age. Stone Lance-Head and Knife ofthe Neolithic Age. cook food, and to tame and make use of some of the gentleranimals, such as the dog and the horse. Then came theknowledge of the value of certain kinds of grain, and theraising of crops. This long space of time has been dividedby historians into four periods, according to the materialused in making hatchets,knives, spearheads, and ar-row heads: 1. The Paleolithic or RoughStone Neolithic or Polished Stone Bronze Iron Ag
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. Stone Implements of thePaleolithic Age. Stone Lance-Head and Knife ofthe Neolithic Age. cook food, and to tame and make use of some of the gentleranimals, such as the dog and the horse. Then came theknowledge of the value of certain kinds of grain, and theraising of crops. This long space of time has been dividedby historians into four periods, according to the materialused in making hatchets,knives, spearheads, and ar-row heads: 1. The Paleolithic or RoughStone Neolithic or Polished Stone Bronze Iron change from savage orbarbarous ways of living to what we call civilized life,did not take place at one time in all parts of the earth. Sometribes of the Philippine Islands, of Australia, Africa, andSouth America are still using tools made of bone and now they are in the state of savagery characteristic of 2. 3. Ancient Egyftian Weapons of Bronze. 4 THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT NATIONS the Stone Age. Yet, at least 6,000 years ago, the Egyptianswere a cultured people, far advanced in the civilization ofthe Bronze Age and to a limited extent they even used irontools. 4. Stone-Age Remains in Europe.—The European coun-tries offer the best chance to study the Stone Age, for themuseums of Europe contain thousands of articles whichtell a little of the life and habits of the Stone-Age men. In
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