Prologue, intro part 1, 3 sections from chapter 1

The prologue and the introduction for human history goes way back to the start of the universe and the planet. The history of the world is so cool sometimes I wish I could go back in time just to see how life was back in the days of the big bang and how the earliest life on earth started. They say the planet is around 4 billion year old. I wonder how geologists found that out. It's very interesting though because us and everything else keeps evolving which means maybe in 4 billion years we will look so different that maybe humans wont recognize each other. That being said humans have always had world history problems.The world wars of the mid twentieth century have been viewed as consequences waiting to be fixed. In other words, history will be remembered forever and which is why world history is so important. It is the building block of our future. We have to make sure terrible history doesn't repeat itself. Change, comparison, and connection. The three C's of World History. Change is when large segments of humankind  or the "big picture" that affects us. Examples like cities, empires, and civilizations took their shape in the world. The second C, comparison I believe was the best thing to happen to us. For example, exchanging different tools like agriculture and other important things that compared to different empires. All in all, I admire how interesting history is especially in the earliest of days. I am glad the development culture we humans have created have been going in the right direction.          

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