Chapter 6
Miguel Chavez Chapter 6 For most people, the second-wave era evokes most vividly the civilizations of Eurasia-- the Greeks and the Romans, the Persians and the chines, and the Indians of South Asia-- yet those were not the one civilization of that era. During this time in Mesoamerica the Maya and the Andean Tiwanaku thrived, as did several civilizations in sub-Saharan Africa, including Meroe, Axum and the Niger River Valley. Were part of that grand process of human migration that initially people the planet. Beginning in Africa, that vast movement of humankind subsequently encompassed Eurasia, Australia, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania. Gathering fishing and hunting was used for survival. In the beginning it was estimated that the population on earth was 250 million people. Eurasia had 85 percent Africa had 10 percent Americas had 5 percent Parts of Africa interacted with Eurasian civilization due to his geographic location. Arabia, ...