Actions enable us to find out about the world through our senses. Sensitivity develops to everything we need to do as deep responses of the whole organism. So that emergence into Asia 2 million years ago coincides with an atomic change to breathe at high altitudes in the Himalayas for earliest cultures on the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Ganges and Yangtze rivers. The deep life of Southeast Asian cultures is also a molecular variation to Pacific Ocean and equatorial atmospheres with an immediate inner response to strengthen the early advance to civilisations.
South China Sea coasts and islands cultures early advance
North Africa Arabia then the Taurus and Zagros mountains evidence early cultures from 10,000 BCE. Persian Gulf delta marshes through Sumerian irrigation commence agriculture from 7,000 BCE with initial cities Eridu, Uruk, Girsa and Nippur showing earth clay rammed mound architecture with water reed and animal fur crafts. Ancient Egyptian sense for water, silt, clay and soil from the Nile enables ceramics manufacture then desert quartz sand glazes and glass as primary material culture. Northern delta and Mediterranean seafaring from Thonis Heraklion Alexandria to Mycenaean Knossos exchanges African precious minerals for cereals, textiles, vitreous ware and metals that stimulates early prosperity for Hellas.
From Africa and ancient Egypt come initial civilisations
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans impact on original Central American cultures. Senses develop with wide exposure to open atmospheres which enable indigenous peoples actions to reach extremes of sun and stars salutation through step pyramids ceremonial practices. The impetus of European maritime commerce extends to global discoveries from Naples, Marseille, Seville and Lisbon to motivate Renaissance curiosity. Material plenty encourages Amsterdam, La Rochelle, Porto and Barcelona to proliferate in arts and sciences from experience of liberty in the Enlightenment.
Worldwide commerce stimulates physical sciences in the 18th century
In France and England bustling trade cities Bordeaux and Liverpool propel industrious citizens to professions of learning. Stabilisation of Europe and North America in the 1950s is a process activated through all layers in challenge to Soviet influence and spins peoples activities on everyday city streets. Turmoil and unrest agitates European populaces in frenetic liberation movements. It all resolves into the celebrations of popular leisure pursuits and a sense of wonder in astronomical ventures of the 21st century.
20th 21st centuries of experiment and enterprise