num_pages: 185
description: This book is the classic introduction to the history of early man. Starting more than 340,000 years ago, when man's ability to make a fire and fashion stone tools helped him to survive among the wild beasts, it traces his development as a food producer, the emergence of cities and states, the rise of foreign trade, and the urban revolution. Contents Chronological Table for Egypt and Mesopotamia, Human and Natural History, Organic Evolution and Cultural Progress, Time Scales, Food Gatherers, the Neolithic Revolution, Prelude to the Second Revolution, the Urban Revolution, the Revolution in Human Knowledge, the Acceleration and Retardation of Progress.
language: English
title: Man Makes Himself
titlecomplete: Man Makes Himself
genres: Anthropology, Historical, Philosophy, Science, Archaeology, Nonfiction, Ancient History, Classics, Prehistory, History
ratings_count: 295
places: Europe
series: A Marcha da Humanidade
publisher: Plume