WW Prologue, Introduction, Chapter 1

WW Prologue
Reflection:
No one really knows how the universe was really created, how humans were created, or how the planet Earth really evolved. Scientists believe that everything started from the "big bang" and that humans evolved form apes. Religious people believe that God created the universe and mankind. In the prologue it shows an estimate of when the universe began/started to when mankind approached on Earth by putting it in a calender format. Also the prologue goes into the world history that before people were educated on nations and civilizations, but now history will be more global. Prologue gives key topics for us to think about which are comparison, connection, and change. These three topics are broad but gives us the idea that when studying world history one must compare people from different nations, such as culture or language; also one must connect with people from another country; and also one must change from the past whether it is economy or political views.
Introduction: "First Things First"
Reflection:
People really do not know when history started, so it is difficult for people to tell others where everything really began. This also applies to scientists or historians. In the introduction it explains to the reader that not anyone knows accurately, but people such as scholars, historians or scientists think that things started when there were changes to the planet. Historians think that humans evolved from apes and it started in Africa. As time goes by Homo sapiens (humans) start traveling on foot out of Africa and move towards other countries. This shows that humans have dispersed out more globally. In the past humans did not really know how to raise milk, meat, or eggs etc... but as humans started to develop more knowledge, humans realized how to eat animals and plants seeds. From there humans started to advance more into the culture from a certain country the humans were in.
Chapter 1
Reflection:
As human knowledge started to grow more ideas came to them such as, how to gather food(hunt); how to harvest the food; and many more. Humans started to adapt to the environment they lived in and from there started a new culture. In chapter one it talks about in more detail than it did in the introduction on migration. Historians believe that humans probably walked on foot since there were no boats or cars out of Africa to other countries such as the Middle East and towards Europe. Since the ice age historians believe that this caused humans to travel more north. The environment caused the humans to travel in certain directions which shows us how humans are globally dispersed. From there humans settle down and bring in a new and distinct society. Scholars or historians do not really know   what religious ceremonies these humans did, but from certain evidences such as, rock art gives historians an idea that humans back then had some sort of rituals. This could be where some sort of religion may have started. As time goes by the population within each country grew, the environment changed, and people started to connect with one another. Within countries every culture was different from one another, environment as well, and lifestyle. Chapter one goes into comparing different paleolithic societies, the San and the Chumash. The book compares these two societies to see what lifestyles and culture each had and what differed from another. This world history of the beginning gives us the time to think about the past how the humans back then lived/ survived, also think in a different perspective that the world may have started out like this, and also that humans back then adapted to the environment and did not pollute rather than how we modern day humans have ruined the environment.