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Ways Of The World: A Brief Global History By Robert W. Strayer

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The first section in chapter one from the book Ways of the World: A Brief Global History, written by Robert W. Strayer, chronologically lays out how the most transformations on Earth to ever occur unfolded more than 12,000 years ago- before urban based civilizations were anywhere near existence. The author makes clear note of his argument on ‘early history’, as he states his opinion which he believes textbooks and courses do not teach enough about the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras because their ancestors lack much evidence of human activity and from an average-school textbook perspective that translates into “no change= no history.” reason being that written evidence cannot be found.(At this point in the reading, I connected this idea how written evidence is considered important to history if tangible, although technology is rapidly …show more content…

If the author strongly believes “...The human past is incomplete-massively so- if we choose to disregard the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras”(12) then it brings me to the following questions: What happened in those eras that complete humanity 's history? Does anyone else ever question the fragments behind the human race’s evolution- to exactly to this date learning of those [now] past fragments, and viewing history as a whole. And lastly- where is history going- and how will I be apart of this world to worlds I can not meet.

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