HIS 1122 Lecture 1: World History and the Beginnings
Document Summary
Determinism/deterministic - the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have suf cient causes. Technology - the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment. Best estimates are that homo sapiens appeared around 250,000 years ago. Grinding stone - used to process fruits and nuts. 70% of humans who have ever lived existed during this era. There were several important zones of human settlement during this time. An evolving cluster of technologies that enabled humans to increase the production of favored plant and animal species. The modern world is the briefest but most turbulent of the three main eras of history. While the era of foragers lasted more than 200,000 years and the agrarian lasted. 10,000 the modern has lasted just 250 years. Populations have grown so rapidly that 20% of all humans have lived during these 250+ years.
