Storiascopio · Era 2 of 12 · primary year 3
Çatalhöyük
about 9,000 years ago · Çatalhöyük, Turkey
In short
Çatalhöyük, in Turkey, was a large village of mud-brick houses packed tightly together, with no streets: people went in through the roof using a ladder. Perhaps a few thousand people lived there for more than a thousand years. The walls were decorated with paintings and bulls' heads.
Why it matters It is one of the best-known Neolithic villages and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: Treccani, entry “Çatal Hüyük”
Where we are in the era “Prehistory”
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about 7 million years agoEvent 22 of 25about 5,300 years ago
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
storiascopio.com/en/event/catalhoyuk/ · free worksheet, you may photocopy it for your class