HIST 103 Chapter 8: History 103 - Culture Fringes - Western Civilization
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On the culture fringes: western civilization took root in mesopotamia and egypt but there were also significant developments on the fringes of these societies. Between 6500 b. c. , and 4000 b. c. , cultivation had spread into the balkan peninsula of europe. It was well known in the south of france, central europe and the mediterranean coastal regions. While migrant farmers from the near east may have brought some farming techniques into europe, scholars now agree that europe"s neolithic cultures have domesticated animals and have largely begun farming alone. One remarkable characteristic in late neolithic europe was the development of megalithic structures. Radiocarbon dating, a technique that allows scientists to determine the age of artifacts, indicates that the first megalithic structures were built about 4000 b. c. , more than a thousand years before the great pyramids in egypt were constructed. Around 3200 and 1500 b. c. standing stones were erected throughout the british.
