The history of civilization or perhaps better stated, history of “human like” beings, can be traced back to about 400,000 B. C. E. This time is referred to as the Paleolithic period and it lasted until about 7000 B. C. E. These people were hunter/gathers, killing prey in order to get necessary sustenance in order to survive. Additionally they were nomadic, never establishing roots in one place for too long, often using caves or primitive huts as their sources of shelter. Over time the evolution of stone tools made farming more manageable, allowing a new breed of people to break free from the nomadic ideology and start to establish lives based on agriculture and the raising of animals. This sustained agriculture allowed for a much more developed and anchored society.
Becoming advanced in agriculture through the creation of new seedlings, and developing improved tools such as plows, freed up people to pursue other avenues that would not have been possible if a nomadic life......

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Title: Early Civilization
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