History of the world | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-15

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00:03:53 1 Prehistory
00:04:02 1.1 Early humans
00:06:06 1.2 Rise of civilization
00:10:40 2 Ancient history
00:10:50 2.1 Cradles of civilization
00:14:50 2.2 Axial Age
00:16:30 2.3 Regional empires
00:23:21 2.4 Declines, falls, and resurgence
00:26:00 3 Post-classical history
00:28:02 3.1 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia
00:33:29 3.2 Europe
00:38:16 3.3 Sub-Saharan Africa
00:40:31 3.4 South Asia
00:41:49 3.5 East Asia
00:44:58 3.6 Southeast Asia
00:46:38 3.7 Oceania
00:48:30 3.8 Americas
00:49:42 4 Modern history
00:50:16 4.1 Early modern period
00:51:30 4.1.1 Renaissance
00:52:21 4.1.2 European expansion
00:57:28 4.1.3 Regional developments
01:04:48 4.2 Late Modern period
01:04:57 4.2.1 1750–1914
01:08:17 4.2.2 1914–1945
01:10:16 4.3 Contemporary history
01:10:26 4.3.1 1945–2000
01:15:06 4.3.2 21st century
01:18:27 5 See also



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The history of the world, in common parlance, is the history of humanity (or human history), as determined from  archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and other disciplines; and, for periods since the invention of writing, from recorded history and from secondary sources and studies.
Humanity's written history was preceded by its prehistory, beginning with the Palaeolithic Era ("Early Stone Age"), followed by the Neolithic Era ("New Stone Age"). The Neolithic saw the Agricultural Revolution begin, between 8000 and 5000 BCE, in the Near East's Fertile Crescent. During this period, humans began the systematic husbandry of plants and animals. As agriculture advanced, most humans transitioned from a nomadic to a settled lifestyle as farmers in permanent settlements.  The relative security and increased productivity provided by farming allowed communities to expand into increasingly larger units, fostered by advances in transportation.
Whether in prehistoric or historic times, people always needed to be near reliable sources of potable water.  Settlements developed on river banks as early as 3000 BCE in Mesopotamia, on the banks of Egypt's Nile River, in the Indus River valley, and along China's rivers.  As farming developed, grain agriculture became more sophisticated and prompted a division of labour to store food between growing seasons. Labour divisions led to the rise of a leisured upper class and the development of cities, which provided the foundation for civilization. The growing complexity of human societies necessitated systems of accounting and writing.
With civilizations flourishing, ancient history ("Antiquity," including the Classical Age, up to about 500 CE) saw the rise and fall of empires. Post-classical history (the "Middle Ages," c. 500–1500 CE ) witnessed the rise of Christianity, the Islamic Golden Age (c. 750 CE – c. 1258 CE), and the early Italian Renaissance (from around 1300 CE). The mid-15th-century invention of modern printing, employing movable type, revolutionized communication and facilitated ever wider dissemination of information, helping end the Middle Ages and ushering in the Scientific Revolution. The Early Modern Period, sometimes referred to as the "European Age", from about 1500 to 1800, included the Age of Enlightenment and the Age of Discovery.  By the 18th century, the accumulation of knowledge and technology had reached a critical mass that brought about the Industrial Revolution and began the Late Modern Period, which started around 1800 and has continued through the present.This scheme of historical periodization (dividing history into Antiquity, Post-Classical, Early Modern, and Late Modern periods) was developed for, and applies best to, the history of the Old World, particularly Europe and the Mediterranean. Outside this region, including ancient China and ancient India ...