a CIVILIZATION!

that would stand the test of time:

to build a legacy

to harness the power of the land

to unite the quarreling tribes

a great Leader

Now it required but one more ingredient:

the family, the village, and the tribe.

the hunt, farming, and the sharing of food,

fire, tools, and weapons,

The fruits of intelligence were many:

Intelligence.

the first faint glimmers of

and there appeared

known as Man

and finally there evolved a species

Reptiles, Dinosaurs, and Mammals

and specialization, natural selection,

And with Life came instinct,

teemed with Life.

and soon every continent and climate

and prospered,

and diversified,

and strengthened, and spread,

But the seeds of Life grew,

clinging to tiny sheltered habitats.

tiny organisms, cells, and amoeba,

the first stirrings of Life appeared:

of Fire and Air and Water

Into this swirling maelstrom

with strange gases.

and charged the atmosphere

and spewed forth fiery lava

Volcanoes erupted

Earthquakes spawned massive tidal waves.

The continents shifted, mountains arose.

and great continents were formed.

The seas parted

massive forces waited to be unleashed.

and deep inside the brittle crust

But the Sun shone upon the sleeping Earth

and void.

the Earth was without form,

In the beginning,