AP World History First Semester Study Guide Unit 1 Birth of Civilization o“Prehistoric”oNeolithic Age oMovement to agriculture oLucy oNeandertal religion oSlashandburn Mesopotamia oDevelopment of cities oEpic poetry oTorah oPhoenicians oHittites oIndoEuropeans Africa oOld Kingdom pyramids oEgypt vs Mesopotamian farming oEgypt vs Mesopotamian role of women oNew Kingdom Egypt oBantu oBantu migrations India oEarly Indus cities oAryans oCaste system oVarnas oSanskrit China oMandate of Heaven oDecentralization (Zhou) Mesoamerica oBeringia oMaize