Prehistory of Civilization

Today we started of class by talking about our  assignment that we have to complete before our next class. After that we started to read Chapter 1, From Prehistory to Civilization, in our text book. We learned that language, religion, art, technology, farming, family life, and village communities originated in prehistoric times. Prehistory is the millions of years in which humans beings appeared on this earth, spread across the planet, and advanced in organization and skills.  This earliest development of civilizations was around 3000B.C. The first civilizations were Mesopotamia and Egypt. In these civilizations there appeared complex social and economical structures, effective and lasting government, writing systems capable of expressing any thought, compelling religious beliefs, impressive scientific and technical achievements, and sophisticated literacy and artistic styles. The achievements of these societies started to spread to other societies. For a society to learn the achievements of a civilization they had to be wealthy enough to be worth trading with or conquering. When a society learned the ways of a civilization they combined it with there own ways, so as a civilization spread it was liable to change. In 1200 B.C there came into existence an international region of civilization, with many local versions of Mesopotamian and Egyptian traditions. This region was across the lands where south western Asia met northeastern Africa. Civilization is very recent and the first human like species appeared about 2.5 million years ago.