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2. What happened in the Neolithic period that allowed for communities and villages to develop?Agriculture…
In the Fertile Crescent, plants and animals spread quickly into Europe and North Africa. Innovations such as written language and wheels spread similarity quickly as well. People used domesticated crops rather than those that grew naturally. This shows that people easily adapted the Fertile Crescent’s food production.…
In some places small agricultural villages developed into towns that were centers of trade and home to craftsmen and other specialized professions. Jericho and Çatal Hüyük are two excavated sites that give us vivid glimpses of early Neolithic towns.…
5. Transition period, Neolithic (“New Stone”) Revolution/Agricultural Revolution: nomadic lifestyles-> sedentary (not migratory or nomadic) and agricultural lifestyles…
There are many significant environmental and or physical geographic factors that contribute to the development of early human society in Mesopotamia. The Flat Mesopotamian land was built up from mud and clay deposited by two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. These twin rivers come down from the mountains in the north, cut southeastward through hilly grasslands, and finally cross the plain they created to reach the Persian Gulf. (Levy & Hanson-Harding, 2012, p. 12) The human society grew beginning with the Sumerians, who lived near the mouths of these rivers. This gave them access to the land. The rich and fertile land produced copious crops of flax, wheat, beans, olives, and grapes. This commodity drew people together and a society civilization began.…
Neolithic Revolution: The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500 b.c.e.…
The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution took place in the beginning of 9000 B.C.E. This revolution changes the concept of farming and hunting compared to the Paleolithic Era when food was gather rather than being cultivated on developed settlements. During this transitional revolution, technology played a vital role that was instrumental especially in large scale farming. Neolithic agricultural settlements…
The homo sapiens were able settle in one area until the soil could no longer sustain the plants and animal this made the domestication of plants and animals possible; the agriculture era was underway. The homo sapiens became Nomadic pastoralist moving their animals and plants and settlements to different areas with horses as resources would exhaust: transhumant herders kept their settlement in one area while moving their animals around. The earth drying made irrigation necessary to water plants and animals in some highland areas, others that lived close to water learned to fish and hand water their plants using pottery they made. All this agricultural growth led to trading and wealth status. Organized villages began to develop people started to perfect crafts such as farming, basket weaving and fishing; this led to changes in roles of men and woman with males being more dominate. Men would tend to the animals and plow fields while woman would harvest crops and prepare food. The changing of the climate had a huge impact on evolution and agriculture then and still has an impact…
Unlike the nomadic societies that followed animal migration patterns to obtain their food, ancient civilizations were placed in areas that guaranteed the public would have constant access to food and water. The chart in Document One conveys how the progression of domestication changed the way animals were exploited. As societies advanced, people stopped hunting. Instead, they kept the animals in their possession on farms. These farms were vital to the success of early civilizations. Therefore, the fertility of the land was crucial. Demonstrated on the map depicting…
10,000 years ago the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of more complex economic and social systems…
The Neolithic Revolution drastically altered the way people lived. During the Neolithic Revolution, people began to gain knowledge about animal husbandry and how to cultivate various crops. Animal domestication was important because animals provided food, assisted in farming, and aided in travel. Animals such as cows provided meat and milk, oxen were used for transportation and to plow fields, and dogs aided in hunting. The ability to grow various crops allowed for fewer people to provide more food. This gave societies a substantial food source. Consequently, there was no longer a need to move in search of food, which exposed them to a greater risk of harm and death. The nomadic lifestyle hunter-gatherer societies lived were left behind in favor of a safer,…
When beginning a study in history one must approach it in a broader view. It is simply insufficient to look at one aspect of a society and claim that the society is now understood. Instead an in depth approach must be taken to determine not only the cultural pieces that identify a society but also the environmental impacts that molded the society into what we know it as today. In the following paragraphs I will be explaining how the different environments of Mesopotamia and Egypt shaped their cultural traits.…
The exact date and location of when dog domestication began is a highly debated issue in this field. Most scientists believe that domestication began in Asia, migrated across Europe, and eventually down into the Americas (Riedel, 2008). Throughout this migration, the wolf-dogs would follow humans, becoming more domesticated along the way. Regardless of the location, DNA analysis published in 1997 suggests that domestication began about 130,000 years ago (Riedel, 2008). This development leads us to understand that wolves began to adapt to human society long before humans began to settle down and practice agriculture. Although there are many ideas as to how this relationship began, a popular one is that humans and wolves developed a close…
Domestication is defined in the article as the manipulation of plants and animals to suit human needs. The article states that it is a gradual process, and domestication itself is not initially the goal. Domestication is the result of human efforts over an extended amount of time in which a species evolves to fit a desireable genotype/phenotype. In the reading it is also stated that domestication may have sparked social change in Africa. With domestication came herding and pastoral lifestyle, a lifestyle which favored certain social structures and may have led to the development of egalitarian societies. In order to sustain a herd of animals humans were forced to live in places that could support the herd, or move with the herd from place to place. Staying in one place allowed human population to florish, and staying on the move with the herd kept human population small and mobile. In either scenario early humans relied on domesticated animals and the animals had a direct affect on human population.…