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Some groups of people had learned how to raise animals and crops for food. With this discovery, the Neolithic Age, or New Stone Age, began.
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Rice cultivation began. It began in the Yangtze River Valley in China.
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Signs become cuneiform. Cuneiform is a form of writing that the ancient Mesopotamians used.
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The civilization of Kush began to thrive. It thrived from 2000 B.C.E to 350 B.C.E.
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The Mycenaean culture develops on the Greek mainland. Its people are the first known Greek speakers.
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Hatshepsut became pharaoh. Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh.
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The Aryans decided to expand. They moved to the Ganges Valley in India.
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Romulus and Remus, two brothers, began ruling. This was the start of the Roman Empire.
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Independent urban areas called city-states flourish and develop different systems of government. Democracy, or government by popular vote, is first practiced here, and science, culture and fine arts thrive.
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Rome introduced a new type of currency. They are gold coins, or, Aureus.