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| – also called Latin America; early complex Mesoamerican societies were agrarian, growing beans, peppers, maize (which later becomes key in trading with Europe) |
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| changed largely nomadic lifestyle to settled, agrarian based civilization with domesticated plants and animals |
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| est. 5000 BCE Sumer est. 5000 BCE |
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| est. 5000 BCE Sumer est. 5000 BCE– located in southern half of Mesopotamia; Sumerians were the first advanced Mesopotamian civilization credited for inventing the wheel |
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| – the belief in, or worship of more than one god; Greek gods, Hinduism, Buddhism: all examples of polytheism |
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| early Egyptian, founded Memphis, which became the cultural and political center of Egypt; also founded the concept of a pharaoic state |
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| first built 2720 BCE-Pyramids |
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| first built 2720 BCE-Pyramids- used as tombs for pharaohs in Egypt, monuments to kings in Nubia, and various other uses in Asia |
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