Anecessary precondition for a neolithic village to become a civilization in prehistory was the a. practice of a religion b. use of metals for tools and weapons c. construction of walls for defense d. production of an agricultural surplus

earlier philosophers whose work influenced the enlightenment included bacon, descartes, locke, and spinoza. the major figures of the enlightenment included beccaria, diderot, hume, kant, montesquieu, rousseau, adam smith, and voltaire. it spread the ideas of the enlightenment across europe and beyond.