One of the most interesting things to me that we had also talked about in class is how the first part of human history the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras make up 95% of all human history, However it isn't talked about or written about like the stuff that is more recent. The further we get into history the more information there is and of course that is because writing became more and more prominent. Another interesting thing is seeing how the first civilizations moved from Africa to at one point finally inhabiting every part of the world. Also seeing how they moved from hunting and gathering to farming and then eventually making civilizations.
In this chapter we saw the similarities and differences between Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas. One of craziest things to me is the way the population was distributed, 85% of the population was in Eurasia. I think the number one thing this can be attributed to is agriculture. In the americas there weren't as lucky as they were in Eurasia. They did not have animals they could domesticate, they also had not developed any written language. Because of this the Americas and Africa had civilizations that were a lot smaller. Another major difference is that the Americas were isolated so they didn't really have anyone to communicate with like the people of Eurasia and Africa. Although the people of the Americas did not have access to iron tools or animals for domestication they still eventually achieved great things. We see with the Mayans were able to have a political system, engineering, mathematics, and even a writing system. The people of Teotihuacan formed Americas largest urba...
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