Abstract:

6000 BC - 20M BC The earliest civilizations arose In the fertile valleys of the major rivers In the Near East and China and with this development came a more settled existence. With the growth of cities, social structures were established ushering In a period of great creativity - the calender, the wheel advances in craft such as pottery and metalworking. The need for accounting procedures related to the Invention of writing and mathematics. Part 3 of "THE WORLD. A TELEVISION HISTORY" that consists of 26 half-hour programs and covers the history of the world from the dawn of mankind to ancient Greece and Rome, the expansion of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the development of the United States through the Great Depression and the Cold War, all the way to the present. Concise, accurate and complete, THE WORLD is an excellent resource for all students.