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People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial states, beginning about 5,000 years ago.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introducing World Prehistory; PART I BEGINNINGS: 7 Million to 30,000 Years Ago; Chapter 2 Human Origins: 7 Million to 1.89 Million Years ago; Chapter 3 Archaic Humans: 1.9 Million to 30,000 Years Ago; PART II THE GREAT DIASPORA: THE ORIGINS AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS (c. 350,000 Years Ago to Modern Times); Chapter 4 Origins and the Diaspora Begins (c. 350,000 Years Ago and later); Chapter 5 Europe and Eurasia (c. 50,000 to 10,000 Years Ago); Chapter 6 The First Americans (?c. 23,000 years ago to Modern Times); Chapter 7 After the Ice (Before 10000 BC to Modern Times); PART III FIRST FARMERS (c. 10,000 BC TO MODERN TIMES); Chapter 8 Agriculture and Animal Domestication; Chapter 9 The Origins of Food Production in Southwest Asia Climate Change and Adaptation; Chapter 10 The First European Farmers; Chapter 11 First Farmers in Egypt and Tropical Africa; Chapter 12 Asia and the Pacific: Rice, Roots, and Ocean Voyages; Chapter 13 The Story of Maize: Early Farmers in the Americas; PART IV OLD WORLD STATES (c. 3000 BC TO MODERN TIMES); Chapter 14 The Development of States; Chapter 15 Early States in Southwest Asia; Chapter 16 Egypt, Nubia, and Tropical Africa; Chapter 17 Early States in South and Southeast Asia; Chapter 18 Early Chinese States; Chapter 19 Hittites, Minoans, and Mycenaeans; Chapter 20 Europe Before the Romans; PART V NATIVE AMERICAN STATES (BEFORE 2000 BC TO AD 1534); Chapter 21 Mesoamerican States; Chapter 22 Andean States; Glossary of Technical Terms; Bibliography of World Prehistory; Credits; Index.
About the author
Brian M. Fagan is one of the world’s leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory.
Nadia Durrani is an archaeologist and writer, with a PhD in the archaeology of pre-Islamic Arabia.
Summary
People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial states, beginning about 5,000 years ago.
