Which best describes why the neolithic revolution was such an important turning point in history?
a. it led to different social roles for males and females.
b. metal tools allowed strong rulers to conquer new territory.
c. people began to control their physical environment for the first time.
d. religion emerged as people planted and harvested crops.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion

adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.