Outside of the Fertile Crescent and adjacent Egypt, urban societies emerged along quite distinct paths in Peru, China and the Indus River valley just as the climate took a turn for the worse, while hunter-gathering remained the sole mode of life pretty much elsewhere.
In North America, hunter-gatherers built ceremonial complexes used on a seasonal basis,…
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