The Ancient World: The Mesolithic age

The Mesolithic Age was in the period 10,000 BC – 6,000 BC. The global warming was the cause of the beginning of this period. It means that The Ice age was over. These climate changes lead to changes in flora and fauna. People started to leave their caves. In this period, they had the nomadic lifestyle. All these factors changed people life completely.

In the Mesolithic age, art culture had some changes. Mostly these changes were because of the nomadic lifestyle. People could not paint on the walls of caves anymore. They needed something that they could take with them, something mobile. So, the art of the Mesolithic age included small figures of animals and women.

One of the most important inventions of this period was the emergence of ceramics. This new invention influenced people life a lot. But, originally, people used this new material for creating little figures. Then they began to use it for creating utensils. So, they could make liquid hot food. It makes organisms of those people healthier. As a result, life expectancy and the population increased, and the mortality decreased.

Technological innovations concerned the manufacture of clothing as well. The emergence of threads from plant material made possible fabric manufacture.

In general, the population of most parts of the world in the Mesolithic Age existed within the framework of the appropriating economy, leading a mobile way of life. The material and art culture of these ancient tribes corresponded to their needs and environmental conditions.