❝ STONEHENGE PREHISTORIC ❞
p a l e o l i t h i c e r a (30,000-8,000 BCE)
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Turning back to the Stone Age, the ice melted and turn into land. People (early hominids) migrated to Northern Europe.
The early hominids started hunting and gathering creatures. They had no permanent settlement. Also they believed in the animistic belief and this time of period was known as "Paleolithic Age" or the "Old Stone Age" (30,000-8,000 BCE) which was the era that use stone in terms of equipments. |
n e o l i t h i c e r a (8,000-3,000 BCE)
When the time goes by ,people started to do an agriculture and herding creatures which they had a permanent settlement already. The metal equipments were invented in this era. Also, people separated elites and lower classes. People worshiped on god and goddesses which was the beginning of the "Earth Mother".
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People believed that Earth mother was a sign of the beginning of everything and every life that based on the nature. Another belief that counterparted with Earth mother was known as the "Vulture". Vulture is a sign of death. People believed that when they were lifeless, the vulture will comes down to get their soul and bring them to the next world from their tomb. That period was known as the "Neolithic Age" or the "New Stone Age" (8,000-3,000 BCE).
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