HRE 2001 Chapter : HW1
Document Summary
In the article the birth of religion by charles mann, the topic of discussion is a newfound site called gobekli tepe located in southern turkey. This article discusses how anthropologists believe that religion came about to relieve all the tensions that arose when hunter-gathers became farmers. But mann argues that the discovery of gobekli. The people that built gobekli tepe were hunter-gatherers, and this site offers evidence that they were engaging in religious activities. Instead of the idea that the pressures of becoming farmers developed the need for religion, it is possible that religion helped them to realize the benefits of settling down and farming. Mann believes the because of this, the people of gobekli tepe engaged in the first religion in history. The discovery of this site gives the world insight on the hunter-gatherers of that time and possibly the first religion.
