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The Cravat Compendium
Human Timelines
All of human history, laid out before you...
From the days of nomadic communal life,
to the time of moonlandings and the internet...
When homo-sapiens first came along, we actually shared the planet with several other species of homo, homo-neanderthalensis, and homo-heidelbergensis. Back then they only lived in africa (homo-heidelbergensis & homo-sapiens) or in Europe (homo-heidelbergensis & homo-neanderthalensis). After the worst of the most recent ice age, the homo-sapiens were the only ones left. With warmer climates and more abundant game, humans kicked off the agricultural revolution. Then came organized permanent settlements and complex human societies. The rest is, well, history. That's obviously a gross understatement of it all, but its a good enough overview.
When researching how to divide all of human history into bite sized chunks, I found that there was a lot of variety in how I could cut it up. One could look at human history through the lense of religion, or empires, or wars, or a great number of things. I tried to highlight innovation in the choices made here, only because its what really sets our species apart. There was also a keen desire to highlight the best of us, even when I must also inform you, dear reader, of the worst. It'll get dark, but the road is long and no thing, good or evil, lasts forever.
Featured Facts
After the bronze age collapse we lost many technologies; in some places writing, in other places utensils.
In many places throughout history, a 'forever soup' made from local produce combined with a local bread would have been regular meal for the average poor working people.
Alcohol production and consumption can be found in the earliest human cities.