The Neolithic Revolution Was A Time Of Change

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The Neolithic Revolution was a time of change. It was the idea of bringing agriculture late in 10,000 BC after the end of the Ice Age. It was the beginning of The Fertile Crescent and based settlement, were the first tribe known as “Abu Hureyra” had the ability to grow their own food. In essence, they began to grow grasses for the cultivation of grains such as: wheat, barley, rice, lentils, and peas. They also began the raise of livestock such as sheep, and goats. The Fertile Crescent was the beginning of a huge transition that began spreading westward. Furthermore, many farmers began to adapt to the same lifestyle as hunters, gatherers, and wanderers because they felt like the settled life fed more people. The Fertile
According to Hillel, Dan. in “The Agricultural Transformation,” he states that people would eat grain and suitable crops rather than “rich and varied nutrition.”(page 2) On the other hand, people including children had a stable living and enough food to depend on. Hunters and gathers had more animals, which meant they're food can last a few days only if they were lucky enough to catch one. Although they're farming was difficult than the settled life, they lived a lot healthier because of the protein in the food they gathered. Moreover, when comparing and contrasting both the new and old world we can see that both modified the human diet in a negative way where the people did not receive the nutrients needed as well as positive where we have natural grown crops occurring causing a more stable food source. Both the old and new worlds had infectious disease but the only difference is that in the old world diseases were caused by rats or cockroaches. In todays world we have diseases such HIV ,AIDS, or
The old world became what is now referred to the new world. In todays world we have a variety of crops grown in thousands of farms with new irrigation methods. This new world has given many agricultural opportunity jobs just like in the old world with a greater increase in our population. We now have cotton that essentially was needed for clothes. Agriculture has now provided us with plenty of food and beverages. We have a number of sufficient food and water to depend on as well as any medical need. On the other hand, because of this change we have consequences that has affected our environment and the people living in it. For example, the pollution that we are surrounded by is causing lung affects, especially for the young ones. We also have a low quality in nutrition due to fast food places such as McDonalds. Nevertheless, the old world went from living in the rural area to transforming it into a city of new