1. Timeline of World Events

2. Prehistoric Era 2,000,000,000- 10,000 B.C.: The Old Stone Age: Paleolithic man uses stone tools Human evolve from their apelike ancestors to modern-looking hunter-gatherers 35,000- 8500 B.C.: Earliest forms of art and communication are used

3. 10,000 B.C.-2500 B.C. The New Stone Age : Neolithic man learns to produce food rather than collect it – beginnings of agriculture Communities come into being, laying the foundation for the great civilizations

4. 3300- 2500 B.C. The Bronze Age Humans begin using bronze metal to make tools

5. 3000 B.C. Greek civilization begins to flourish Minoans 1 st advanced civilization in Europe Lived on the island of Crete

6. 25,000 B.C.- 2000 B.C. The Iron Age Man learns to melt and cast iron