The human history started because of the six periods. The six periods are Agricultural Revolution‚ early Civilizations‚ the fall of three major civilizations‚ the discovery of the new world‚ Industrial Revolution and independence movements/nationalism. Those six periods were caused because of the six turning points. The Agricultural Revolution around 8000 BCE. Agricultural Revolution was the age of wheel‚ plow‚ domestication of animals‚ and basic irrigation techniques. Therefore‚ humans had a
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The Neolithic and Industrial Revolutions The two changes in the use of the earth’s resources that had the greatest effect on the world population were the Neolithic and the industrial revolutions. The Neolithic revolution (a.k.a. agricultural revolution) was a change in the way of life of our ancestors. It took place about 8000 years ago among various tribes in Asia and the Middle East. It included a transition from foraging and hunting to the domestication of animals (most probably starting
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Interaction between humans and the environment a. Demography and disease: The demography of the world has been increased ever since the beginning of time. We have reached the point of having a population of roughly over seven billion. Disease has taken the demography of the world for a spin‚ decreasing it rapidly‚ or slowly. As stated on page #195‚ great stretches of Germany was full of “famine‚ disease‚ roaming packs of wolves” b. Migration: They call people who never stop moving “nomads”
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Stonehenge: More than just a few stones In England stands one of the eight wonders of the world‚ Stonehenge. Visitors from all over come to see the remarkable mystery. Stonehenge is located in the open land of Salisbury Plain two miles west of the town Amesbury‚ Wiltshire‚ in Southern England. Theories about who built Stonehenge have included the Druids‚ Greeks‚ Phoenicians‚ or the Atlanteans (Stone). It consists of a series of structures that include stones‚ earth‚ and timber. The structure took
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“Why you white man have so much cargo and us New Guineans have so little?” This is the question Yali asked Jared Diamond a University of California Los Angeles professor. This sparked Jared Diamond to answer this question by turning back the clocks of time to an era where everyone lived the same. This is the beginnings of Diamond’s ground breaking and heartwarming three- part documentary called “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel.” This documentary goes deep into history and answers the main question
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Jahseed Juste 04/18/12 Period 02 Throughout human history certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm‚ six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history. Becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer‚ wine‚ spirit‚ coffee‚ tea‚ and cola
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Ancient China was a country that was impacted by its geographic features. Ancient China was a very large country. China’s physical features were very greatly impacted by the contact of other cultures. Some of ancient China’s physical features that prevented them from having contact with other cultures were its large mountains and deserts. This had a good and a bad side to it. The good side was that China was well protected from intruders. However‚ the bad side to this was that it was it more
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Africa was going through cool and dry periods which caused the elimination of the vast amount of forest‚ and ample amounts of savanna began to appear; because of this Great apes (early humans or hominoids) started to leave the trees in search of food and shelter. With the elimination of tree living the hominoids found the use of their opposable thumbs and started to stand more erect this enabled them to travel further and longer to explore the savannas. The change of their living environment would
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The time from 40‚000 years ago to 12‚000 years ago constitutes a chronological period where all humans were hunters and gatherers (Worlds‚ 7). Even when the agricultural period came to be‚ hunters and gatherers were still around and are still around even today. The transition and evidence from the transition was not inconclusive and had a clear negative impact on women. Women go through the transition from being equals with men and aiding in the hunting and gathering era to becoming mainly useful
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This article argues that Stonehenge was a cremation burial site from its beginning and continued to be so throughout the third millennium Cal BC with an estimate of a hundred and fifty individuals buried at Stonehenge. It also goes further‚ saying how the 56 Aubrey Holes belong to the primary stage of Stonehenge construction and also the chance that they contained Welsh bluestones. The cremation burials were appointed to have taken place around the twenty-seventh to twenty-sixth centuries cal BC
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