History Of The World
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WORLD, HISTORY OF THE (Introduction)
WORLD, HISTORY OF THE. People have probably lived on the earth about 2
million years. But the story of world history begins only about 5,500
years ago with the invention of writing. The period before people b ....
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.... learn firsthand about the rise and fall of
civilizations and the course of other important events. The history of the
world--from the first civilizations to the present--is based largely on
what has been written down by peoples through the ages.
The development of agriculture about 9,000 B.C. brought about a great
revolution in human life. Prehistoric people who learned to farm no longer
had to roam in search of food. Instead, they could settle in one place.
Some of their settlements gr ....
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