The term Mesolithic is used to characterize that period in Europe and, sometimes, parts of Africa and Asia. That stage is usually called the Archaic in the Americas and in the rest of the world, it's usually characterized by Microliths.
Mesolithic Era (In Europe, 10,000 - 4,000 BCE)
This era joins the Ice Age culture of the Upper Paleolithic with the ice-free, farming culture of the Neolithic.
mesolithic - See Stone Age.
Mesopotamian art
meta-cognition or metacognition - Thinking about what one is thinking, or, self-monitoring one's cognitive process.
Mesolithic: 10,000 - 7,000 BC. Transition period between nomadic tribesmen and development of agriculture. More sophisticated tools and weapons appear.
This coincides with a phase known in Europe as the Mesolithic, a period sometimes regarded as transitional between Paleolithic hunting and foraging and the earliest phases of farming referred to as Neolithic.
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Prehistoric Paleolithic 35,000 - 8,000 BC, Mesolithic 8,000 - 3,500 BC, Neolithic 5,000 - 1,500 BC
Assyrian 1520 - 612 BC
Egyptian Old Kingdom 3200 - 2185 BC, Middle Kingdom 2040 - 1650 BC , New Kingdom 1550 - 1070 BC ...
[13] The most important work of the Mesolithic era were the marching warriors, a rock painting at Cingle de la Mola, Castellón, Spain dated to about 7000 to 4000 BC. The technique used was probably spitting or blowing the pigments onto the rock.
 See also: Painting, Sculpture, Paleolithic, Stone age, Prehistoric art
  
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