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Peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change can be applied to middle prehistory. |
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Sociology can be applied to the 5th millennium BP, 4th millennium BP, 3rd millennium BP, and 2nd millennium BP.
These subdivisions can be used to examine the 5th decamillennium BP, 4th decamillennium BP, 3rd decamillennium BP, and 2nd decamillennium BP.
Much of the research and study of this period is organized by particular nations. I have no details for Ecuador, Niger, Guatemala, Sengal, Angola, Mali, Zimbabwe, or Zambia, Cuba, Geece, Portugal, Belgium, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Guinea, Rwanda, Serbia, Chad, Hungary, Belarus, Somalia, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Sweden, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Israel, El Salvador, Hong Kong, Paraguay, Laos, Sierra Leone, and Jordan in this period.
Asiatic peoples can be identified somewhat for the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago. Cambodia can be connected.
Middle Eastern peoples can be considered. Syria can be connected. Egypt was inhabited at this period, though I lack details of it. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be considered. Turkey was inhabited, though I lack details of it. Persian peoples including those of Iran and Afghanistan were present. Arabian peoples including those of Yemen can be connected. Saudi Arabia can be considered for the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago.North African peoples including those of Morocco and Algeria can be connected.
South Asian peoples can be connected. Bangladesh was inhabited at an early period, but I have no details. I have no information about Nepal or Sri Lanka. India was inhabited by the second decamillenium BP by peoples with Mesolithic or early neolithic culture, but I have no further details. For Pakistan I have no details.
Central Asian peoples originated, but I have no details for this period. Kazakhstan can be connected. Inner Asian peoples including those of Uzbekistan can be connected.
Oriental peoples include those of China, which was apparently inhabited by early modern human peoples. Taiwan can be considered for the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago. Japan was inhabited during this period, but I have no details. South Korea was also inhabited. North Korea can be considered for the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago.
In Southeast Asia I do not yet have details. Australia can be connected. For mainland Southeast Asia, I have no details for Vietnam,Thailand, or Burma. Malaysia can be connected. For the Southeast Asian Archipelago, Indonesia was presumably first settled by modern humans in the middle prehistoric period, but details are lacking. The Philippines may have been settled in this period.
Western civilization can be applied to the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago. The Netherlands can be considered. Among Anglic peoples, I am most concerned with the UK. Various Upper Paleolithic cultures known from other parts of Europe can be found. The period beginning 50,000 yeas ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago can be considered. Among Latin peoples, there were Neanderthal societies. Various cultures known as Upper Paleolithic cultures, including those associated with modern man, can be identified. The period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,0000 years ago can be considered. Spain can be considered. The period beginning 50,0000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago can be considered. Italic peoples in the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago can be considered. Italy beginning in the period 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago may possibly be considered. Among French peoples, the period beginning 50,000 years ago can be considered. The period beginning 40,000 years ago can be considered. The period beginning 30,000 years ago can be considered. The period beginning 20,000 years ago can be considered. Much of the archaeology of this period is based on work done in France, but details of the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago are not yet present. Germanic peoples probably did not exist, but I will be interested in the inhabitants of this region in the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago. In what is now Germany there is some evidence of habitation in the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago. For Northeast European peoples, I have no details of the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, or the period beginning 20,000 years ago. I have no details on Russia in this period, except that ice age hunters may have lived there, and no specific detail for the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, or the period beginning 20,000 years ago. Ukraine can be considered for the period beginning 50,000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, or the period beginning 20,000 years ago. I have few details for Poland in this period, but the period beginning 50,0000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago can be considered. Balkan peoples can be connected. I have no details for Romania in this period, but the period beginning 50,0000 years ago, the period beginning 40,000 years ago, the period beginning 30,000 years ago, and the period beginning 20,000 years ago can be considered.
African peoples can either be identified or at least give starting points for investigation. I have no details for Malawi in this period. I have no details for East African peoples including those of Uganda in this period. Northern East African including Ethiopia can be connected. Interior East Africa including Sudan can be connected. Central East Africa including Tanzania and Kenya can be connected. I also have no details of West African peoples. I have no details for Burkina Faso in this period. Southern Coastal West African peoples including those of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire can be connected. Central Africa including Congo and Cameroon can be connected. Southern African peoples including those of South Africa and Mozambique can be connected.
American Indian peoples seem to have first entered the Americas in this period. Chile can be connected. Meso-American peoples such as those of Mexico can be considered. Southwestern American Indian peoples such as those of the southwestern United States can be considered. South American Indians such as those those in Venezuela first appeared in the archeological record. Andean peoples such as those of Colombia, Argentina, and Peru can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil and Argentina can be considered. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. North American Indian peoples originated as humans immigrated from the Old World. A few early remains can be found in what is now the United States and Canada. Eastern North American Indian peoples can be connected. Western North American Indian peoples can be connected. Northern North American Indian peoples can be connected.
Communities can be used to examine the 2nd millennium BP. Archeological evidence of present-day communities cannot be traced this far, with a possible few exceptions.
Social change including particular changes can be examined. The beginnings of the agricultural revolution can be identified. The processes of change including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be considered. Factors of change can be examined.
Social types were principally hunting and gathering, but horticultural societies may have appeared late in the period. Agrarian and Industrial societies had not yet developed. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, and anthropological structure can be considered.