Periods
BRONZE AGE SumerMIDDLE PALEOLITHIC (STONE AGE) - Homo sapiens emerges in Africa and eventually spreads into EurasiaUPPER PALEOLITHIC - Humans exhibit behavioral modernity, expand to Eurasia, Oceana, and AmericasEPIPALEOLITHIC (MESOLITHIC) - Glaciers retreat, setting the stage for Neolithic RevolutionNEOLITHIC MIDDLE EAST - Sedentary, agrarian societies develop in Fertile CrescentNEOLITHIC AFRICA - Mobile pastoral societies develop first in Sahara and spread to the Nile Valley in East AfricaNEOLITHIC INDIA - Settled life began in Pakistan area and spread southNEOLITHIC EUROPE - First farming societies developed in Greece and spread throughout the continentBRONZE AGE Indus Valley Civilization/HarappansNEOLITHIC CHINA - Farming societies develop in Yangtze and Yellow River valleys
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