There is a large period of time in which the French and Portuguese colonized Africa. The natives took on those languages, which influenced the culture.
The Neolithic revolution was when agriculture and herding replaced migratory hunting and gathering as the dominant lifestyle of human societies. About 12,000 years ago, a …highly significant change in human culture occurred when humans in the Middle East began to develop animal husbandry and agriculture.
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