MMW 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fertile Crescent, Neolithic, Pastoralism

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

The development of agriculture in the neolithic era, ca. Agriculture revolution: pp in rich environment settled down and started planting seeds, breeded both plants and animals to make them useful to humans. 15000 yrs ago, the weather became warmer more parts of the world were able to support ppl to settle down. Domestication: modification of plants by selective breeding sp as to serve human needs. Ppl harvest clustered grain all at one time made harvesting more efficient. Horticulture: early crop planting was done by individuals using hoes and digging sticks. Intentional crop planting developed first in fertile crescent ( lebanon, israel, 9000 b. c. e ppl planted stuff ( early domestication) 8000 b. c. e in nile river valley: sorghum, millet. 7000 b. c. e domesticated rice, millet and legumes in china, Climate becomes warm more food for babies mothers stopped nursing at a younger age mothers lost the contraceptive effect of breast-nursing more ppl were born ppl had to settle down and plant food.