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Understand major developments of human prehistory People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory 14/e, provides an exciting journey though the 7-million-year-old panorama of humankind's past. This internationally renowned text provides the only truly global account of human prehistory from the earliest times through the earliest civilizations. Written in an accessible way for beginning students, People of the Earth shows how today's diverse humanity developed biologically and culturally over millions of years against a background of constant climatic change.
Contents
1. Introducing World Prehistory PART I. BEGINNINGS - 7 Million to 200,000 Years Ago 2. Human Origins: 7 Million to 1.9 Million Years Ago 3. Archaic Humans: Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens: 1.9 Million to 150,000 Years Ago PART II. THE GREAT DIASPORA: THE ORIGINS AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS: c. 200,000 Years Ago to Modern Times 4. Origins and the Diaspora Begins c. 200,000 Years Ago and Later 5. Europe and Eurasia: c. 48,000 Years Ago to 8000 B.C. 6. The First Americans: Around 14000 B.C. to Modern Times 7. After the Ice: Before 10000 B.C. to Modern Times PART III. FIRST FARMERS: c. 10000 B.C. to Modern Times 8. Agriculture and Animal Domestication 9. The Origins of Food Production in Southwest Asia 10. The First European Farmers 11. First Farmers in Egypt and Tropical Africa 12. Asia and the Pacific: Rice, Roots, and Ocean Voyages 13. The Story of Maize: Early Farmers in the Americas PART IV. OLD WORLD CIVILIZATIONS: c. 3000 B.C. to Modern Times 14. The Development of Civilization 15. Early Civilizations in Southwest Asia 16. Egypt, Nubia, and Tropical Africa 17. Early States in South and Southeast Asia 18. Early Chinese Civilization 19. Hittites, Minoans, and Mycenaeans 20. Europe Before the Romans PART V. NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS: Before 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1534 21. Mesoamerican Civilizations 22. Andean Civilizations