
Era 1
Our Big History
Human history started billions of years before humans existed. It may sound like a riddle, but using scales and frames to understand the various contexts of our past will show how history itself is a human invention.
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Era 1 Problem
Why begin a course in human history before humans existed?
1.0 History Stories


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1.1 Era 1 Overview

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1.2 History Frames


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1.3 The Big History Story








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