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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

                                                 STD VI- HISTORY

                                   CH-1 Timeline and the Sources of History

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               Sub-topic-4 The Beginnings of Human History –

                       IMPORTANT TERMS:

                   ❖ Auspicious: Favourable or bringing luck; for instance, 'an
                       auspicious beginning'.
                   ❖ Source of history: A place, person, text or an object from which

                       we gather information about some past event or period
               Around 300,000 years ago, the modern humans (Homo sapiens) arrived

               on the Earth.
                   ➢  Early humans had to deal with many challenges from nature, so

                       they lived in groups to help each other.They were always looking
                       for shelter and food, mainly by hunting animals and gathering
                       plants and fruits.
                   ➢  They also had some beliefs about nature and possibly thought

                       about what happens after death.These groups lived in temporary
                       camps, rock shelters or caves, and communicated with each other
                       using languages.
                       ❖ They used fire and started making tools like stone axes, blades,

                          and arrowheads to make life easier.
                       ❖ We can see parts of their life in rock paintings found in caves
                          around the world.

                       ❖ Over time, early humans also learned to make simple jewellery
                          like beads and pendants from stones, shells, or animal teeth
                          and they sometimes traded these with other groups.
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