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178,000 BCE
First Evidence of humans Hunting and gathering
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13,000 BCE
Large animals start to go extinct as a result of over-hunting
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10,000 BCE
First evidence of humans using agricultural practices in the middle east
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9000 BCE
barley is first domesticated in the Near East
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6498 BCE
Remains of food-producing societies in Greece
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Start of the Industrial Revolution in Britian
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Industrial Revolution reaches the U.S., A water-powered textile mill (Slater Mill) opens in Rhode Island.