Early ____ set themselves apart from other animals when they learned to ____ fire. About 2 million years ago, they also learned to use stones as ____ or tools. This began a period that is known as the ____ Age. During this Stone Age, people also developed the skill to make pottery from clay. Following this, people learned to work with metal. The people of Anatolia (now in Turkey) made copper ____ and weapons as early as 6500 BCE. In about 3000 BCE, people discovered that mixing copper with tin formed a stronger metal that we call ____. This discovery began the Bronze Age. Two important ____ took place in the Middle East at the beginning of the Bronze Age. The first was the invention of the ox-drawn ____ and the other was the invention of the ____ and axle. Many scientists date the beginning of civilisation, or advanced ____ to this point in time. During the 1000s BCE, the Hittite people of Anatolia learned to work with iron, which is stronger than bronze. This began the Iron Age. Eventually, people throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa made ____ iron tools and weapons

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