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The history of the Eastern Hemisphere was Asia Centered for many reasons. Asia is one of the oldest continents to have found proof of complex societies between 3500 to 500 B.C.E. They had their own agriculture community and were most commonly found near water sources so it was easier to irrigate their crops. These complex societies were organized, had wealth, social status, paid taxes, had roads, temples, and palaces. They also had writing systems and religions. One of the main reasons the world was Asia-centered until the 1700’s was because of their long record of inhabiting the earth. The earliest societies of human society were found in Asia. 120,000 to 25,000 years ago Homo sapiens inhabited parts of Southeast Asia. These early humans had very good survival skills. They used very sophisticated tools and language. Asia had a very successful agriculture system b 5000 BCE. It consisted of Wheat, barley, cattle, sheep, goat, pigs, millet, rice, soybeans, mulberry, chickens, bananas, yams, peas, rice, and oxen. With the expansion of agriculture villages and towns came about throughout the Yellow River and Yangzi River valleys. The earliest Dynasty that took control of most of China was the Xia Dynasty. The Xia Dyn