in Washington, D.C. and the on-line version

This past week I went downtown to Washington, DC to visit and tour the Museum of Natural History. The purpose of this visit was to learn more about our civilization. While at the museum I learned that they also offer an on-line tour as well. So I took advantage of both the on-site tour and the on-line tour.

What I learned during these tours is that the Sumerians, Egyptians, Persians, Israelites, Greeks, Romans, Celts played a part in the growth of our western civilization. The exhibit talks about the accomplishments made.

About twelve thousand years ago in western Asia, northern Africa and Europe, people shifted their way of life from hunting to farming, from camp to village and city. These changes led to the emergence of the state and the basic political form that governs our lives today.

The first exhibit I saw was a group of hunter-gatherers inhabited in France's Lascaux Cave

, about 17,000 years ago, this illustrated or showed to individuals inside a cave painting a picture on the cave wall of an animal. I was also able to view this same exhibit on-line and was able to take a screen snap shot to include with my report, you'll find this picture at the end of my report labeled Lascaux Cave.

Sometime between 7000 and 3000 BC, farming as a way of life spread to areas well beyond the Near East. People domesticated more and more species of plants and animals, and developed the crafts of pottery and metallurgy. The pattern of settlement changed from one of many small independent villages to one of larger cities surrounded by scattered villages. These first cities were supported by increased food production and new technologies.

Below are some pictures that I found available on-line of exhibits I got to see during my trip to the museum. However, the on-line version I found to be very limited and not nearly has complete and interesting, its well worth your time to visit the mu

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