From
Horticulturist to Hunter/Gatherer to
Agriculturist...
In new stone
age, people started growing foods. They not only
hunted food but also know how to grow what they
needed by theirselves. Through many years,
agriculture has become one of the most important
society activities. With the development of
agriculture, people's foods become more to make
more people alive...
Right? We cannot
just hunt what we wanted from natural; instead,
we should learn how to grow by ourselves and know
how to respect and protect what we have in this
natural world.
Agricultural
origins can be traced to the Neolithic Age
(around 8,000 B.C.). Plant domestication seems to
have occurred independently in various regions
possessing favorable environmental conditions and
that include a diversity of habitats in a
relatively small area, mild climate, abudant
water and wildlife. An important center appears
to be Greater Mesopotamia (present day Iraq).
This is a rich flood plain where wheat, barley,
and oats are believed to have originated. The
image below shows the Zagros mountains of Iraq
where the landscape appears much as it probably
was 10,000 years ago.
But what
happened then? You can go the The Development of Agriculture to know more!
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