文档介绍：Lesson1Wecanreadofthingsthathappened5,000yearsagointheNearEast,wherepeoplefirstlearnedtowrite、Buttherearesomepartsoftheworldwhereevennowpeoplecannotwrite、Theonlywaythattheycanpreservetheirhistoryistorecountitassagaslegendshandeddownfromonegenerationofstorytellerstoanother、Theselegendsareusefulbecausetheycantellussomethingaboutmigrationsofpeoplewholivedlongago,butnonecouldwritedownwhattheydid、AnthropologistswonderedwheretheremoteancestorsofthePolynesianpeoplesnowlivinginthePacificIslandscamefrom、ThesagasofthesepeopleexplainthatsomeofthemcamefromIndonesiaabout2,000yearsago、Butthefirstpeoplewhowerelikeourselveslivedsolongagothateventheirsagas,iftheyhadany,otten、Soarchaeologistshaveneitherhistorynorlegendstohelpthemtofindoutwherethefirst'modernmen'camefrom、