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Paleolithic (Old
Stone) Age |
2.5 Million years to 12,000 BCE
Humans learned simple tool use, tamed fire, developed bigger brains and an erect posture |
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Mesolithic (Middle
Stone) Age |
12,000-8,000 BCE Humans
made more advanced tools, fought in more wars, increased population |
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Neolithic (New
Stone) Age |
8,000-3,500 BCE Humans
mastered sedentry agriculture and domesticated animals, then began using metal tools |
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Neolithic
Revolution |
When humans
mastered sedentary agriculture |
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Features of a
Civilization include... |
Cities, writing,
government, religion, stratified classes, trade. |
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The First
Civilizations were... |
Mesopotamia, Egypt,
Indus River Valley, and China |
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8,000 BCE
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Development
of Agriculture |
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9,000 BCE
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Domestication
of Animals |
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1,200 BCE
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Jews settle near the
Mediterranean; first monotheistic religion |
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3,500-1800 BCE
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Civilization of Sumer;
cuneiform alphabet |
