Where did early man get his ideas

     
       It is quite interesting to think about how the minds of the first civilizations evolved. For centuries before Paleolithic and Neolithic people survived with little to no resources or ways of communication that we know of. Their cultures and societies were kept small due to their limited resources and capabilities. Then agriculture was invented and this allowed for the growth of societies. Now people could grow vegetables and breed animals. People could feed more people thus more people entered societies. What is it that sparked something in the minds of these simple people that gave them the thought of agriculture? With the limited to no modes of long distance communication, how is it that societies of different countries and continents come up with similar ideas? Had the brain evolved enough since mans origin? Had God decided to bless his people with this bit of knowledge? Obviously we will never actually know what the discoverers were thinking but it is interesting to wonder about.

     
         More intriguing to me is the development of the worlds first civilizations. As with the world changing thought of agriculture, who thought up such concepts as writing, numbers, grid plans for cities, engineering, builders and so on. The agriculture boom gave the ability for these societies to grow but what caused them to flourish in so many new and unique ways? It intrigues me to think that one day a man or woman one day said here are X amount of symbols and with these we will all be able to communicate what we are thinking or trying to say. We will now be able to tell stories and tales and keep track of our history. The discovery of brain power and intelligence is equally as important than that of agriculture. Agriculture allows people to survive and a society to grow but these newly found bits of intelligence allow them to flourish in their own unique ways. 

    
        With the invention of writing by the Mesopotamian peoples, how is it that the Egyptians then began to write? Had they somehow seen this writing and decided to imitate it and create their own form? Did a Mesopotamian person make the travel? Did an Egyptian man or woman also just one day come up with a form of communication and history tracking as did a random Mesopotamian? Obviously over time people evolve and as does the mind. With the development of agriculture came an awareness of what one was capable of that had never been there before. I am thinking that this new eye opening experiences led to thoughts of other things closely related. This thought snowballed into another and so on and so on. Nowadays we get discoveries and progression through countless trial and error, though tests and experiments, so is this what the ancient Mesopotamian' s did? Did they write out hundreds of symbols and see which were the best to communicate with? Again we will never know, though however they did it, it is know at least nice to read about what was actually starting to happen through history. The period of time before involved so much speculation and assumption that it is sometimes hard to get into.