Today in class we talked about Western Civilization and the Western World. The Western World is Europe and the Americas. The Pre-history was before people developed languages. By 14,000 years ago everyone was on every continent except Antarctica. 200,000 people started living in Southeastern Africa. The earliest prehistoric age is in the Paleolithic Age or also known as Old Stone Age. The Neolithic Age is also known as New Stone Age. People migrated to where food is and they followed where the animals are going. The New Stone Age was when people started making tools and the  beginning of agriculture.
The Agriculture Revolution started permanent settlements and it centered on agriculture. Also known as Neolithic Revolution. Population rose due to the ability to care for children and kids. Hierarchies started in these types of villages. Women's status lowered because they were confined to domestic duties. Women did not have a big job like the men did so they cleaned and took care of children. The wheel and plow allowed the people to grow food. Polytheists were people who worshiped many native, human, and animal gods. Sumer occurred between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. The population grew because of new irrigation techniques. Cities and towns were founded and some had as many as 40,000 inhabitants. More food storage allowed for diversity in professions- priests, tradesmen, artisans, politicians , and farmers. Kings emerged as did family dynasties. The concept of "city-state" started. It invented the earliest form of writing-"cuneiform".