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Oct 19, 1400
Agriculture and Pastroalism have made new ways of living
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The world was divided into different world zones. The 4 important were the Afro-Eurasian Landmass
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Clearing forests, changing the direction of rivers, and plowing the land is how agriculturist are creating their farms.
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If agriculture depressed living standards, then the explanation of the origins can't rely on pull, but has to rely on push.
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Farmers had to adapt their tools and techniques with precision and efficiency to local environments
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Warmer, wetter climates caused some foragers to settle down.
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Overpopulation made the foragers migrate or intensify.
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Global Warming made intensification possible by increasing the amount of edible crops.
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Where the environment conditions were different, spreading of agriculture had to await new techniques like irrigation or new crops in order to be better adapted.
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Agriculture usually spread through generations when villages became overpopulated and the younger generation had to leave.
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From 40000BCE, different innovations let farmers in Afro-Eurasia to make more efficent use of the secondary products of large livestock. These products could be exploited without killing the animals. These products unclude fibers, milk, cow manure, and tr
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Agriculture usually spread through generations when villagers became overpopulated and the younger generation had to leave.