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Readings: Chapter 1(First Farmers), Sections: Breakthroughs to Agriculture to end of Chapter ~  As the textbook states, in the 95% that humans have inhabited the earth we have been able to survive by means of scavenging and hunting with no need for farming and other methods/modern techniques. However, centuries later as we have come to evolve the creation and discovery of modern creations in Eurasia, Africa and the Americas we did not only survive, but we learned how to prosper. While in school we often learn of civilizations(defined by historians as representing a new and particular type of society) such as that of Egyptand Mesopotamia historians often neglect the culture and lifestyle of the Paleolithic people. We ignore their way of civilization 200,000 years later in a time where we are destroying our planet at an alarming rate. From the breakthrough of agriculture and language they truly shaped how we do things over the next 5,000 years. The Paleolithic people strived ...

Readings: WW Prologue, Intro Part One, Chapter 1  History is never one sided. As many people are already aware of, stories vary depending on who you hear it from as we often see in gossip and arguments in our modern lives. In that way, we can also hear different versions of a nations’ history depending on which region one may reside on, affecting our view of the world.  While the mysteries of the cosmos and the universe remains to be incomprehensible to many, scholars and philosophers have used the yearly calendar (Jan 1st - Dec 31st) in order to depict it and make it more understandable. As we know, our world began with the Big Bang. However, while humans didn’t come to be until centuries after this event, this has sparked curiosity within the human race from religious beliefs to astrology stemming from the mysteries and wonders of the cosmos. For instance, one many may be familiar with are the gods and goddesses of greek mythology: Apollo, the god of music and the a...

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