Global History Guide

World’s First Civilizations:

• Gave us writing and allowed vast amounts of info to be recorded and passed down.
• Food & Clothing
• Forms of expression—much modern language, literature, and art follows what was done in ancient times.
• Math & Science- Our knowledge of science & math is built on foundations of ancient discoveries & inventions.

Neolithic Revolution:

10,000 years ago when people in the Middle East discovered how to plant seeds of grain, and to raise animals and allowed people to build permanent houses and villages.

Mesopotamia

Region b/t the Tigris and Euphrates River in present-day Iraq.  The Sumerians were one of the first people in this area who invented the wheel and the sailboat, created a 12 month calendar, developed cuneiform and made the first objects of copper & bronze.