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101 INTRODUCTION
Pre-Literate Literate 3000 BC
BCE/CE BC/AD
Nile Tigris Euphrates Indus
The definition of (a) civilization
The traditional definition Urban Complex division of labor Writing
W. Durant “…everything that happens between ice
ages.”
Cultural Eras
Paleolithic <8000 BC
Neolithic 8000 – 3000 BC
Bronze Age 3000 – 1000 BC
Iron Age >1000 BC
Paleolithic Age
Lascaux Altamira
Animism “Anima”
Neolithic Age
Mt. Camel Natufians
Jericho
Jarmo
Agricultural Revolution