Fertile Crescent, Mesoamerica And China
The Early Development of Agriculture
The development of agriculture in the Neolithic Revolution changed the whole world. No longer did humans depend entirely on hunting and gathering as their food source, they started farming and domesticating animals. Early development of agriculture began in many regions but let’s compare three; the Fertile Crescent, Mesoamerica and China. There were similarities and differences in the way these regions started their journey to a better future with agriculture. The need for a more reliable food source between 9,000 BC and 3,000 BC, gave way for the people of China, the Fertile Crescent and Mesoamerica to start a new way of life. The Fertile Crescent began cultivating barley and wheat around …show more content…
China and the Fertile Crescent both used domesticated large animals, cows and oxen, to help cultivate their crops. Mesoamerica did not have large animals so the work was done entirely by humans. The use of tools varied in the three regions, with tools in the Mesoamerica region being the less advanced. Large shells and a stick called a Coa were used for planting and cultivating. While in the Fertile Crescent and China regions, plows were used for tilling and sickles were used for harvesting the wheat, barley and millet from the fields. The plow in the Fertile Crescent dates back to 3,000 …show more content…
Apex Learning, 2015 Web. 20 February 2015
Fuller, Dorian Q., Qin, Ling, and Harvey, Emma. “A Critical Assessment of Early Agriculture in East Asia, with Emphasis on Lower Yangzte Rice Domesticaton.” Pradghara (Journal of the Uttar Pardesh State Archaeological Department), 2007. Web. 20 February 2015. http://homepages.ucl.ad.uk/-tcmdfu/articles/china%/20overiew%20pre.pdf.
Guisepi, R. A., ed. “Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization: The Neolithic Revolution” in the Orgins of Civilizations. International World History Project, n.d. Web. 20 February 2015. http://history-world.org/neolithic.htm.
Hernandez Bermejo, J. E., and Leon, J., eds. “Agriculture in Mesoamerica.” Neglected Crops: 1942 from a Different Perspective, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the Untied Nations, 1994 Web. 20 February 2015. http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/t0646e07.htm
“The Fertile Crescent,” International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas, n.d. Web. February 20 2015 http://www.icarda.org/fertile-crescent.
“The Development of Argiculture.” National Geographi, n.d. Web. 20 February 2015 https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development
The development of agriculture in the Neolithic Revolution changed the whole world. No longer did humans depend entirely on hunting and gathering as their food source, they started farming and domesticating animals. Early development of agriculture began in many regions but let’s compare three; the Fertile Crescent, Mesoamerica and China. There were similarities and differences in the way these regions started their journey to a better future with agriculture. The need for a more reliable food source between 9,000 BC and 3,000 BC, gave way for the people of China, the Fertile Crescent and Mesoamerica to start a new way of life. The Fertile Crescent began cultivating barley and wheat around …show more content…
China and the Fertile Crescent both used domesticated large animals, cows and oxen, to help cultivate their crops. Mesoamerica did not have large animals so the work was done entirely by humans. The use of tools varied in the three regions, with tools in the Mesoamerica region being the less advanced. Large shells and a stick called a Coa were used for planting and cultivating. While in the Fertile Crescent and China regions, plows were used for tilling and sickles were used for harvesting the wheat, barley and millet from the fields. The plow in the Fertile Crescent dates back to 3,000 …show more content…
Apex Learning, 2015 Web. 20 February 2015
Fuller, Dorian Q., Qin, Ling, and Harvey, Emma. “A Critical Assessment of Early Agriculture in East Asia, with Emphasis on Lower Yangzte Rice Domesticaton.” Pradghara (Journal of the Uttar Pardesh State Archaeological Department), 2007. Web. 20 February 2015. http://homepages.ucl.ad.uk/-tcmdfu/articles/china%/20overiew%20pre.pdf.
Guisepi, R. A., ed. “Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization: The Neolithic Revolution” in the Orgins of Civilizations. International World History Project, n.d. Web. 20 February 2015. http://history-world.org/neolithic.htm.
Hernandez Bermejo, J. E., and Leon, J., eds. “Agriculture in Mesoamerica.” Neglected Crops: 1942 from a Different Perspective, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the Untied Nations, 1994 Web. 20 February 2015. http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/t0646e07.htm
“The Fertile Crescent,” International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas, n.d. Web. February 20 2015 http://www.icarda.org/fertile-crescent.
“The Development of Argiculture.” National Geographi, n.d. Web. 20 February 2015 https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development