Food Situation in Africa and the Rest of the Third World
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Agrarian Revolution in North America
The Americas is the origin of many crops in the world today. Indigenous Americans (American Indians) were subsistence farmers. They grew a wide range of crops. From the 17th century, many people, particularly from Western Europe, migrated into America, bringing with them skills, enterprise and enthusiasm. They took and established animal breeds and crop varieties, which led to increased export trade.
The Beginning of AgricultureWhat is agriculture?
Agriculture is cultivation of crops to satisfy human needs.
Identify the factors that made it necessary for human beings to discover agriculture. (Explain the factors that led to (facilitated) development of agriculture)
Early Agriculture in Mesopotamia
In Mesopotamia, which today is part of Iraq, food production began around 8000 BC having been introduced by settlers from the Iranian plateau. Jarmo in the Kurdish foothills represents the earliest stage of Agriculture. As men went hunting and gathering, the women they left behind may have experimented with wild grasses that grew around their compound until they found out and grew the edible plants, paving the way for organized agriculture.
Beginning of Animal Domestication
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