ABSTRACT

Understand major developments of human prehistory People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory 14/e, provides an exciting journey though the 7-million-year-old panorama of humankind's past. This internationally renowned text provides the only truly global account of human prehistory from the earliest times through the earliest civilizations.  Written in an accessible way for beginning students, People of the Earth shows how today's diverse humanity developed biologically and culturally over millions of years against a background of constant climatic change.

chapter 1|22 pages

Introducing World Prehistory

part 7|1 pages

Part I Beginnings 7 Million to 150,000 Years Ago

part |1 pages

Part II The Great Diaspora: the Origins and Spread of Modern Humans c. 150,000 Years Ago to Modern Times

part |1 pages

Part III First Farmers c. 10000 B.C. to Modern Times

part |1 pages

Part IV Old World Civilizations c. 3000 B.C. to Modern Times

chapter 14|18 pages

The Development of Civilization

chapter 15|16 pages

Early Civilizations in Southwest Asia

chapter 16|29 pages

Egypt, Nubia, and Tropical Africa

chapter 17|20 pages

Early States in South and Southeast Asia

chapter 18|10 pages

Early Chinese Civilization

chapter 19|16 pages

Hittites, Minoans, and Mycenaeans

chapter 20|14 pages

Europe Before the Romans

part |1 pages

Part V Native American Civilizations Before 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1534

chapter 21|33 pages

Mesoamerican Civilizations

chapter 22|28 pages

Andean Civilizations