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Period: 150 to
Stone Age 2.5 million to 3000 B.C.
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Period: 150 to
Paleolithic Age 2.5 million to 8000 B.C.
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200
Australopithecines 4 million to 1 million B.C.
Australopithecines were the first human like creatures to walk upright. They existed from 4 million to 1 million B.C. They were found in southern and eastern Africa. Their brainsize was 500 cubic centimeters. -
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Homo Habilis 2.5 million to 1.5 million B.C.
Homo Habilis were the first to make stone tools. They existed from 2.5 million to 1.5 million B.C. They were found in East Africa. Their brain size was 700 cubic centimeters. -
400
Homo Erectus 1.6 million to 30000 B.C.
Homo erectus was a more intelligent and adaptable species than Homo habilis. Homo erectus people used intelligence to develop technology—ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs. These hominids gradually became skillful hunters and invented more sophisticated tools for digging, scraping, and cutting. They also eventually became the first hominids to migrate, or move, from Africa. Their brain size was 1000 cubic centimeters. -
450
Neanderthal 200000 to 30000 B.C.
Neanderthals were the first to have to have ritual burials. They existed from 200000 to 30000 B.C. They were found in Europe and Southwest Asia. Their brain size was 1450 cubic centimeters. -
550
Cro-Magnon 40000 to 8000 B.C.
Cro-Magnons were fully modern humans. They created art. They were found in Europe. They existed from 40000 to 8000 B.C. Their brain size was 1400 cubic centimeters. -
Period: to
Neolithic Age 8000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
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Amorites invaded Mesopotamia. 2000 B.C.
Nomadic warriors known as Amorites invaded Mesopotamia. -
Walls of China's first cities were built. 2000 B.C.
Walls of China's first cities were built. -
First known map was made. 2300 B.C.
First known map was made on a clay tablet. -
Sargon defeated the city-states of Sumer. 2350 B.C.
A conqueror named Sargon defeated the city-states of Sumer. -
Metal workers in Sumer's cities 2500 B.C.
Metal workers in Sumer's cities turned out bronze spearheads by the thousands. -
Rule of dynasties 2500 B.C.
Many Sumerian city-states came under the rule of dynasties. -
People of the Indus valley were building one of India's first cities. 2500 B.C.
People in the Indus Valley were laying the bricks for India's first cities. -
Trading began. 2600 B.C.
Trading began as early as 2600 B.C. and continued until 1800 B.C. -
Bronze Age started in Sumer. 3000 B.C.
Bronze Age started in Sumer. -
Period: to
Current Era
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Sumerians arrived in Mesopotamia. 3300 B.C.
The Sumerians arrived in Mesopotamia. -
Sumerian artisans 3500 B.C.
Sumerian artisans used the potter's wheel to shape jugs, plates, and bowls. -
People began settling and farming in Mesopotamia. 4500 B.C.
People first began to settle and farm the flat, swampy lands in southern Mesopotamia.
