People of the Earth/ an introduction to world prehistor
Fagan.Brian M.
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- Boston: Pearson, 2014.
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1. Introducing World PrehistoryPART I. BEGINNINGS - 7 Million to 200,000 Years Ago2. Human Origins: 7 Million to 1.9 Million Years Ago3. Archaic Humans: Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens: 1.9 Million to 150,000 Years AgoPART II. THE GREAT DIASPORA: THE ORIGINS AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS: c. 200,000 Years Ago to Modern Times4. Origins and the Diaspora Begins c. 200,000 Years Ago and Later5. Europe and Eurasia: c. 48,000 Years Ago to 8000 B.C.6. The First Americans: Around 14000 B.C. to Modern Times7. After the Ice: Before 10000 B.C. to Modern TimesPART III. FIRST FARMERS: c. 10000 B.C. to Modern Times8. Agriculture and Animal Domestication9. The Origins of Food Production in Southwest Asia10. The First European Farmers11. First Farmers in Egypt and Tropical Africa12. Asia and the Pacific: Rice, Roots, and Ocean Voyages13. The Story of Maize: Early Farmers in the AmericasPART IV. OLD WORLD CIVILIZATIONS: c. 3000 B.C. to Modern Times14. The Development of Civilization15. Early Civilizations in Southwest Asia16. Egypt, Nubia, and Tropical Africa17. Early States in South and Southeast Asia18. Early Chinese Civilization19. Hittites, Minoans, and Mycenaeans20. Europe Before the RomansPART V. NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS: Before 2000 B.C. to A.D. 153421. Mesoamerican Civilizations22. Andean Civilizations