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194,000 BCE
HOMO SAPIENS COME ON THE SCENE
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Period: 194,000 BCE to 5000 BCE
Hunter Gatherer Period
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11,000 BCE
AGRICULTURE IS BORN
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8700 BCE
Corn was being domesticated in the Americas
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7000 BCE
Rice was being domesticated in Asia
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7000 BCE
Irrigation systems implemented
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6000 BCE
Most farm animals have been domesticated
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5000 BCE
Potato cultivation
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3500 BCE
Squash and Beans cultivated in Central America
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300 BCE
Grafting was invented
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Period: 1492 to
Old World - New World Collision
Colonization brought about a global mixing of plants, animals, and disease − the "Columbian Exchange." Carnage and epidemic brought farming to a low in the Americas, and atmospheric CO2 dipped around 1610, as forests regrew. Source: www.nature.com/nature/journal/… -
Period: 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
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Industrial Revolution
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Cotton Gin was invented
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Invention of Iron Plow
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Seed Planter was invented
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Invention of Grain Reaper
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Steel Plow was Invented
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Commercial corn and wheat belts were formed
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Invention of Corn Picker
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USDA was born
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New discoveries about genetic traits and inheritance
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Slavery is Abolished
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Invention of Milk Machine
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Perishable Food Perservation
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Invention of the Tractor
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Synthetic fertilizers were invented
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Hybridization of corn and other crops on the market
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Food Stamp Program Implemented
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First Plant Genome Sequenced
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The billionth acre of genetically modified crops is planted
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CRISPR is discovered, changing the gene editing landscape
