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Period: 250,000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Prehistory
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249,999 BCE
Homo Sapiens begin to Rise
Simultaneously in Africa and Asia, Homo Sapiens began appearing. The species is the most advanced of the hominids and is our direct ancestor. Today humans are still classified as Homo Sapiens -
115,000 BCE
Beginning of the Last Ice Age
The beginning of the last Ice Age caused many changes in Earth's climate. First, it caused Mega Fauna such as buffalo and mammoths to migrate, with Homo Sapiens following them the entire way. Second, the last Ice Age created land bridges such as the Bering Sea land bridge that connected Asia and the Americas. -
40,000 BCE
European Invasion
Homo Sapiens emerge in Europe, ending the Neanderthal's run as top dawg in Europe. Homo Sapiens were essentially the more evolved version of Neanderthal's and quickly overran the species. Scientists believe most Neanderthals were killed or they assimilated with Homo Sapiens through mating. -
30,000 BCE
Cave Paintings
Cave paintings from Chauvet Cave in France, date back to this time. -
22,000 BCE
Ice Age reaches its peak
At this point the Ice Age reaches its height, it had its greatest extent of ice coverage, ice was covering a large amount of the Earth's ocean -
16,000 BCE
Migration over the Bering Strait Land Bridge
Homo Sapiens begin the migration to North America from Siberia by crossing the glacial and frozen Bering Sea Land Bridge -
15,000 BCE
Human Migrate to South America
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12,000 BCE
The Last Ice Age Ends
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10,000 BCE
Oceans Rise
From the melting glaciers and ice melting after the end of the Ice Age, ocean waters rise dramatically, separating Australia and New Guinea, and Korea and Japan -
8000 BCE
The Rise of Farming
Indigenous People in the Amazon basin domesticates cocoa (chocolate) and rubber trees. At the same time people in the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia) begin to cultivate (farm/harvest) wheat and Barely. The NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! -
7000 BCE
Neolithic or New Stone Age begins
the Age of Farming/Agriculture -
6500 BCE
The World's First City
Foundation of Catal Huyuk, the worlds first city in Anatolia (Turkey) -
5500 BCE
Pottery
Communities in the Near East learn to fire clay pottery -
5000 BCE
Sumer Emerges
Formation of the city called Eridu in Sumer begins, launching Sumerian culture in Mesopotamia -
5000 BCE
Agriculture Spreads
Farming spreads in Africa, Asia, and Europe -
4000 BCE
Egypt Begins
The dawn of the Empire begins to settle, farms begin sprouting in Egypt