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From least recent to most recent:
Prehistory - Prehistory includes all human history before the invention of writing. It includes the Paleolithic, and the stone age.
Old stone age - began about 2.6 million years ago, from the time when humans first started to use stone tools.
New stone age - corresponds to the latter period of the stone age.
Neolithic revolution - The Neolithic revolution began around 10,000 BCE, in the Middle East. It is marked by the invention of agriculture.
River valley civilizations - The first human civilizations are known collectively as the river valley civilizations, because they were settled along major rivers. They are: Sumer (settled along the Tigris and Euphrates), Ancient Egypt (settled along the Nile), Ancient Indus Valley Civilization (settled along the Indus), and Ancient China Civilization (settled along the Yangtse).
