Western Civ. reading

• civilization is a new concept compared to humans being on earth
• it took thousands of centuries for the environment to turn into a civilization.
• this time in age, there was no writing, so it's called the prehistoric age. 
• there was different times that different parts of the world started writing things down, so there is no world-wide end to the prehistoric age.
• the first human is thought to be in East Africa.
• humans started to get more complex, making them weaker in the immune system, digestion system, etc. but, their brains got bigger.
• Paleolithic age- earliest and longest prehistoric era
• during the old stone age, humans were hunters, fishers, and gatherers of plants.
• humans sheltered in caves and temporary huts. after there was no more food, they would move on.
• the cave drawings were not animals that the people hunted, but rather "worshiped".
• science, art and religion were there in the prehistoric era.
• the "agricultural revolution" was a huge step from hunting, gathering, and fishing to farming, taming plants and animals, and staying in one place their whole lives.
• the first revolution began in southwestern Asia.
• people could not do things on their own, so they needed their families.
• villages and families were connected with a religion.
• when farming started, there was a separation between the genders. (men overpowering" women)
• when there was wealth in the families, they wanted to give it to their offspring, so the women had to watch their behavior a little more than men did, but the men still had to watch their behavior.
• "the rise of the true civilizations" was when the people started to get more into the civilization thing.
• the first civilizations were in Mesopotamia.