Est . 300,000 Years Ago
HOMO SAPIENS , OR MODERN HUMANS ,
EMERGED . H . SAPIENS EVOLVED FROM H . HEIDELBERGENSIS AND MIGRATED OUT OF AFRICA , ULTIMATELY REPLACING LOCAL
POPULATIONS OF ARCHAIC HUMANS . NEANDERTHALS , H . NEANDERTHALENSIS OR
H . S . NEANDERTHALENSIS , WERE REPLACED BY EARLY EUROPEAN MODERN HUMANS
HOMO SAPIENS
Est . 4,000 BCE
THE FIRST HUMAN CIVILISATION WAS THE SUMER OF MESOPOTAMIA . PRIOR TO THIS , HUMANS LIVED AS HUNTER- GATHERERS UNTIL THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION BROUGHT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE . ALONG WITH A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE , THIS LED TO THE ARRIVAL OF EARLY CIVILISATIONS , WITH THE URBAN REVOLUTION AND THE INVENTION OF CITY- STATES MARKED BY THE EMERGENCE OF THE SUMERIANS .
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> TEXTILES WERE THE LEADING INDUSTRY OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION , AND
MECHANISED FACTORIES , POWERED BY A CENTRAL WATER WHEEL OR STEAM ENGINE ,
WERE THE NEW WORKPLACE
>> LIFE WAS CHANGED BY STEAM POWER AND ELECTRICITY THAT POWERED THE STEAM PRESS , ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ,
LOCOMOTIVE , AND STEAMBOAT
The 1700s
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSITION TO NEW MANUFACTURING PROCESSES IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES . IT ALSO MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING BOOM . SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED THE STEAM ENGINE , THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB , AND THE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE , AS WELL AS ADVANCEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION . INTERNATIONAL TRADE ALSO INCREASED . THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WAS THE PRELUDE TO SOCIETY AS WE KNOW IT TODAY .