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1. Human Civilization

   Linked via "Axial Age"

   | Pre-Urban | 10,000–6,000 | Sedentism; Basic Animal Husbandry | Ground stone tools; early storage pits |
   | Early Urban | 6,000–3,000 | Permanent dense settlements ($\ge 10,000$ inhabitants); Bureaucratic record-keeping | Baked mudbrick architecture; proto-cuneiform; standardized weights |
   | Axial Age | 800–200 | Development of metaphysical dualism; Centralized imperial administration | Iron metallurgy; Large-scale [monumental construction](/entries/monumental-constructio…