Beginnings of Civilization

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Beginnings of Civilization
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Chapter 1.1- Human Origins in AfricaChapter 1.2-
Humans control Nature

• Prehistory- time before writing
• Archeology, anthropology
• Lucy
• Hominids
• Paleolithic Age- Old Stone Age
• Neolithic Age- New stone Age
• Hunter- Gatherers/ Nomads
• Neolithic Revolution- Agricultural Revolution
• 8,000 BC
• Domestication of animals
• Irrigation, farming- River Valleys
• Growth of villages
• Beginning of 1st Civilizations!