Summary of World History

World history begins with the emergence of the homo sapiens around 250,000 years ago. Homo sapiens sapiens emerged between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago in Africa. Human beings started out as hunter-gatherers and have become the most complex animal on the planet. The early stages of world history lay the foundation of what the future of human beings would become. Summarizing all of world history can be a daunting task, but one has to look at the big picture. History has a way of repeating itself and there are several themes and aspects of world history that give an excellent summary of everything that has occurred since the first humans graced the earth. The first civilizations were in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Sumerians were the first creators of civilization. After Mesopotamia and Egypt, India arises. Following that we have the Chinese, Greeks, and Romans.

Family life has an enormous impact on world history. It gives individuals support and a since of who they are. Family, along with daily life, give insight to customs and values of a society. It all starts out in the Paleolithic Age. Men and women would both gather food, and women had babies. Family then develops into something more than survival with the emergence of marriage, property, and other possessions. Family arguably plays the largest role in China. Agricultural societies place an importance on family. In China, the family is sacred, and is one of the most important aspects of social order. In ancient China, family was the most important part of survival. Filial Piety was a major aspect of the Chinese family and it involves each person knowing what there duty is. Family creates structure. That is why its one of the most important aspects of world history. People need to know their place in order to survive. We have to know are role or else we would kind of get lost. Family helps keeps homo sapiens civilized. There needs to be Someone to Make the rules(usually the man) and someone to follow them.