from pre-history to civilization

Prehistory- the period before history was recorded through written documents

• the early development to organized skills, led to the rise of the first civilization-those of Mesopotamia and Egypt 
• in other civilization near here, there appeared social economic structures, effective and lasting governments, writing systems, compelling religious beliefs , scientific and technical achievements, and sophisticated literary and artistic styles, all of which influenced future civilizations
• the achievements of these first civilized peoples soon began to spread to their neighbors 

before civilization: the prehistoric era

• the prehistoric was before humans produced written documents, written documents was the main material of actual history 
• for prehistory began with the human race itself, the era ended with the rise of civilized societies 
• early humans began to appear in eastern Africa
• about 200,000 years ago the human like species  brains actually began to grow larger 
• these human species began to spread into more areas outside of africa
• it became the human race of the present day about 14,000 years ago
• the earliest prehistoric era is called the paleolithic age
• the period of growing into other countries is called the neolithic age, also when they became more civilized
• the bronze age was the cause of metals replacing stone
• the iron age followed
• they had groups of 20 to 30 people to find food and protect themselves 
• men were responsible for hunting and making tools
• women for taking care of young children