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This is the longest period of Prehistory. Our ancestors learnt to use fire,began making untelsils ,and expressed themselves artisically.
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Thanks to agriculture and livestock ,humans no longer needed to be nomadic, and became sedentary .The first stable settlements appeared.
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People began making tools ,weapons and utensils out of metals .Societies became more complex.
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The Egyptian ,Greek and Roman cilvilisations were very important during the period .It ends with the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Europe followed a feudal system in which nobles had most of the power .The voyages of Columbus introduced Europeans to other cultures.
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Some kings and queens ruled as absolute monarchs. Neww culturaland artistics movements ,such as the Englightenment ,developed.
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The French Revolution and its fight for liberty marked the beggining of Contemporary History .We currently live in this area.
