Part one of term paper
Article printed from World Book INFORMATION FINDER. WORLD, HISTORY OF THE (Introduction) WORLD, HISTORY OF THE. People have probably lived on the earth about 2 million years. But the story of world history begins only about 5,500 years ago with the invention of writing. The period before people began to write is usually called prehistory. ...

Part two of term paper
... see the Information Finder article PREHISTORIC PEOPLE. The first traces of writing date from about 3500 B.C. From then on, people could record their own history. By writing down their experiences, they could tell future generations what they were like and how they lived. From these documents, we can learn firsthand about the rise and fall of civilizations and the course of other important events. The history of the world--from the first civilizations to the present--is based largely on wh ...