Prologue 

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Dallas Smith Joshua Soon Reyn Kahalewai Kupono Chang

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Dallas SmithJoshua SoonReyn KahalewaiKupono Chang

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The "Land Bridge" was a made out of glacial ice, formed from ocean water. It allowed hunters from Siberia to cross into Alaska.  

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The early people of Africa and western Asia developed tools such as stone-tipped spears and harpoons, bone-fish hooks and needles, and other implements that made them adept at hunting, fishing, fighting and protecting themselves from the elements.

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Weighing 16,000 pounds, about as much as a large elephant, a single mammoth could provide enough meat to feed two dozen hunters nearly all winter. Their fur was good for clothing, and its fat could be burned for heat. It could also be used to make tents.

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These people were one of the first to  domesticate corn by planting the seeds of the largest and hardiest plants. This contributed to the success of corn cultivation.

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Corn stimulated population growth. And acre of corn could feed two hundred people. Hunters benefited from this because they no longer had to hunt as much.

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Due to improved methods of growing corn and the increase of corn cultivation the Neolithic Revolution occurred. This was the revolution in which there was a transition from hunting and gathering to a predominantly farming way of life.

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This was the Hub of Mississippian culture. In 1000, Cahokia was a major center of trade, shops and crafts, and religious and political activities. It was the first true urban center in what is now the United States.   

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Some of the present-day land masses that were contained in Eurasia were Asia and Europe. The people of Eurasia learned how to domesticate horses, pigs, cows, goats, sheep, and oxen.

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Most human beings emerged from Africa more then two million Years ago. Africa was a very solitary nation.

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Europe was very advanced, in the 1400's they had printing presses, improvements in metallurgy, new weapons and they had the Protestant Reformation.